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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 108 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
Expiration: 230 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
...RAIN BANDS WRAPPING AROUND TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL BRING STRONG
WIND GUSTS AND THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN THE PREDAWN HOURS...
AT 105 AM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS LOCATED JUST
OFFSHORE FROM THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST. RAIN BANDS AROUND THE CENTER
OF FAY WILL BRING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR
ACROSS AREAS FROM ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER EASTWARD TO AREAS NEAR
AND NORTH OF THE BEACH LINE IN BREVARD COUNTY. PERSISTENCE OF THESE
RAIN BANDS COULD RESULT IN SOME AREAS RECEIVING SEVERAL INCHES OF
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL BEFORE DAWN...AND ADDITIONAL FLOOD WARNINGS MAY
BECOME NECESSARY.
DOPPLER RADAR IN MELBOURNE ALSO INDICATED RAIN BANDS WERE FORMING
FARTHER SOUTH TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND JUPITER INLET. THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAINS AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING ALSO EXISTS THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLY THIS MORNING.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WERE OCCURRING THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 55 MPH IN
SQUALLS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE BEACH LINE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BREVARD COUNTY WHERE
STANDING FLOOD WATERS WILL BE HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD...THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO
ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO CROSS SAFELY.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP IN YOUR
AREA.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 935 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2008
Expiration: 600 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT.
PLEASE REFER TO THE TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT AND ITS
GRAPHICAL COMPONENT FOR INFORMATION ON EXPECTED IMPACTS FROM
TROPICAL STORM FAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
IMPACTS FROM FAY ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY WITH
A RETURN TO A MORE TYPICAL SUMMER PATTERN THIS WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF
NEEDED.
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