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FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 305 AM EDT THU AUG 21 2008
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
VOLUSIA...INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...BREVARD...LAKE...OKEECHOBEE...
ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE...AND ST. LUCIE.
* THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWEST
THROUGH FRIDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND ADDITIONAL
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM FAY IS EXPECTED TO FALL IMMEDIATELY TO
THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CENTER OF FAY TODAY...THEN GRADUALLY
TRANSITION TO THE SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE CENTER THROUGH FRIDAY
AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWEST. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA MAY REACH 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS TODAY AS PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS WRAP AROUND
THE CENTER.
AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THERE
MAY BE PERIODS OF DIMINISHED RAINFALL IN YOUR AREA. HOWEVER...
THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL TO DEVELOP
IN RAINBANDS TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER...SO REMAIN VIGILANT TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH MANY AREAS
ALREADY RECEIVING HISTORIC RAINFALL TOTALS FROM FAY...IT WILL NOT
TAKE MUCH RAINFALL TO FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING OR
PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS IN WATER LOGGED AREAS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECAST FOR TROPICAL STORM FAY.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD ADDITIONAL FLOODING DEVELOP.
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GLITTO TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1135 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...INLAND FLOOD THREAT INCREASING OVERNIGHT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FAY WAS JUST OFFSHORE NEW SMYRNA BEACH...AND WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY. FAY IS FORECAST TO SIT AND SPIN JUST OFFSHORE
THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST BEFORE HEADING BACK WEST NEAR DAYTONA
BEACH SOMETIME OVERNIGHT. SINCE FAY WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO
LAND...IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO GREATLY REINTENSIFY AND SHOULD STAY
AT TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...BUT IT HAS RECENTLY STRENGTHENED A
LITTLE. FAY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE WEST ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
FLORIDA THURSDAY.
...WINDS...
THE CURRENT FORECAST TURNS FAY TO THE NORTHWEST WHERE IT IS EXPECTED
TO MAKE ANOTHER FLORIDA LANDFALL ALONG THE UPPER VOLUSIA COAST
OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE CONTINUE WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTH
FLORIDA THURSDAY. AS A RESULT...THE WIND DIRECTION WILL SHIFT FROM
THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT TO THE SOUTHWEST THURSDAY.
THE THREAT FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT AND INCREASE THURSDAY. WINDS WILL STILL FREQUENTLY
REACH 25 MPH... AND UP TO 50 MPH IN SQUALLS TONIGHT. AS FAY MOVES
ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA THURSDAY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO TROPICAL
STORM FORCE...40 TO 45 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST
PROBABILITY ACROSS INLAND VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN LAKE COUNTIES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
AT 1130 PM...HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM NEAR DAYTONA BEACH...
TO DELAND AND DELTONA...TO NEAR SANFORD...TO BITHLO AND CHRISTMAS...
TO COCOA AND THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. RAINBANDS WITH HEAVY RAIN
CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND THE CENTER TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST SIDE
OF FAYS CIRCULATION CENTER. SINCE 8 PM...LOCAL AMOUNT OF 2 TO 4
INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR OVER THESE PLACES.
AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
ON THURSDAY.
ON THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER BETWEEN LAKE HARNEY AND ASTOR...THERE IS
CURRENTLY NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. THE LATEST STAGE HEIGHTS AT LAKE
HARNEY...SANFORD...DELAND...AND ASTOR ARE ALL BELOW RIVER FLOOD
STAGE. RAIN TOTALS ALONG THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER WILL INCREASE NORTH
OF LAKE HARNEY OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY. AS OF WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THE FORECAST STAGE AT ASTOR IS EXPECTED TO REACH 2.5
FEET BY LATE FRIDAY...WHICH IS AT ACTION STAGE. AS A RESULT...AREA
INTERESTS SHOULD WATCH FOR POSSIBLE LONGER TERM RIVER FLOODING AT
ASTOR OVER THE COMING DAYS. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE RIVER FLOOD
WARNINGS IF CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN MATERIALIZES OVER THE BASIN.
...TORNADOES...
TONIGHT...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM DAYTONA BEACH
NORTHWARD...AND INLAND TO NEAR SANFORD AND LEESBURG. LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS. IF A TORNADO DOES OCCUR...IT SHOULD
BE BRIEF AND SHORT LIVED.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...SEE
THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV
AND THEN CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
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