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WGUS42 KMLB 261535
FLWMLB
FLC069-117-127-271513-
FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE, FL 
1130 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004


...THIS IS AN UPDATED FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER NEAR SANFORD...
WHERE MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST THIS WEEK...AND FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER
NEAR DELAND...WHERE MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST THIS WEEK...

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE JEANNE ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND
WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUED RISE IN LEVELS ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER THIS WEEK.

FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER NEAR SANFORD...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURING...WITH
A STAGE OF 6.9 FEET AT 730 AM SUNDAY. A CONTINUED RISE THIS WEEK WILL RESULT
IN LEVELS REACHING ABOVE 7 FEET. THESE HIGH LEVELS WILL RESULT IN MAJOR
FLOODING WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER NEAR SANFORD.

THE BELOW IMPACTS ARE BASED ON INFORMATION FROM PAST FLOODING CASES.
THESE IMPACTS ARE NOT ALL ENCOMPASSING...AND ADDITONAL FLOODING IMPACTS
NOT LISTED MAY OCCUR. PERSONS ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER IN SANFORD SHOULD
TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FLOODING.

AT 6.8 FEET...WATER BEGINS MOVING OVER THE SEA WALL AROUND LAKE MONROE IN
SANFORD AND ENTERING THE PARKING LOT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL HOSPITAL.

AT 7.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD DAMAGE IN SANFORD FROM WATER MOVING OVER SEA WALL
AROUND LAKE MONROE.

FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER NEAR DELAND...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURING...WITH A
STAGE OF 4.9 FEET AT 10 AM SUNDAY. A CONTINUED RISE THIS WEEK WILL RESULT IN
MODERATE FLOODING...AND THE LEVEL MAY REACH NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE 5 FEET.
AT STAGES NEAR 4.5 FEET...WATER MOVES INTO YARDS AND APPROACHES BUILDINGS
AND DOCKS ARE FLOODED AT HONTOON ISLAND STATE PARK...THE HONTOON MARINA AND
PIER 44 MARINA. AT STAGES AROUND 4.5 FEET...FLOODING ALSO OCCURS AT HOLLY
BLUFF MARINA...HERON VILLAGE...QUAIL HOLLOW AND WOOD VILLAGES...ALSO AROUND
LAKE BERESFORD...THE LOWER END OF LAKEVIEW DRIVE...LAKE BERESFORD YACHT CLUB
AND SUNRISE. AS THE RIVER REACHES AROUND 5 FEET...THE FLOODING IMPACTS WILL
BECOME MORE SIGNIFICANT.

DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS...PERSONS ALONG THE ST JOHNS
RIVER SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. IF RISING WATER IS OBSERVED...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOOD WATERS AND DO NOT VENTURE INTO
FLOOD WATERS BY FOOT. THERE ARE DANGERS IN THE WATERS FROM CREATURES
SUCH AS SNAKES...ALLIGATORS AND LEECHES. CONTAMINATION FROM RAW SEWAGE
IN THE WATER AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECTROCUTION FROM DOWNED POWER
LINES!

INTERESTS ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.

THE LATEST STAGE INFORMATION ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER CAN BE ACCESSED
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE WEBSITE AT:
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND THEN CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
FROM THERE...GO TO THE LEFT COLUMN UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS AND
SELECT RIVERS AND LAKES AHPS. STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY
LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO.

$$

                     FLD     OBSERVED         FORECAST 7AM
LOCATION             STG   STG DAY TIME  MON  TUE  WED  THU  FRI

ST. JOHNS RIVER
  NEAR DELAND        4.8   4.9 SUN 10 AM  5.0  5.0  5.1  5.1  5.1
  NEAR SANFORD       5.8   6.9 SUN 07 AM  6.9  7.0  7.0  7.0  7.0