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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 431 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERRITT ISLAND...COCOA....COCOA
BEACH...ROCKLEDGE...SATELLITE BEACH...INDIALANTIC...MELBOURNE
...WEST MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...MALABAR...GRANT...VALKARIA...
MICCO...MELBOURNE BEACH...FLORIDANA BEACH...BAREFOOT BAY...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
CONTINUED WIDESPREAD FLOODING FROM TORRENTIAL RAINFALL PRODUCING
RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.
SEVERAL LOCATIONS HAVE REPORTED RAINFALL TOTALS OF OVER ONE FOOT...
WITH AN WEATHER SPOTTER IN THE WINDOVER FARMS AREA OF NORTH MELBOURNE
REPORTING ALMOST 25 INCHES OF RAIN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THIS IS A HISTORIC AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING EVENT
ACROSS THE AREA!!
A DRIVING HAZARD WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO
ACCUMULATED STANDING WATER IN MANY AREAS!! ALTHOUGH FLOWING WATER
MAY NOT BE PRESENT THERE IS A THREAT PARTICULARLY ALONG LOW LYING
ROADWAYS AND ROADS THAT ARE LINED WITH CULVERTS AND DITCHES.
YOU MAY BELIEVE YOU ARE ON THE ROADWAY HOWEVER YOU MAY ACTUALLY LOSE
CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE HOWEVER YOU CAN STRAY INTO A WATER
FILLED DITCH OR HIT A SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION.
IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ON THE ROADS THIS AFTERNOON PLEASE STAY IN
A SHELTERED LOCATION!! DRIVING IS VERY HAZARDOUS AROUND SOUTH
BREVARD COUNTY!!
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE.
LAT...LON 2788 8047 2794 8052 2787 8049 2784 8067
2785 8087 2835 8087 2836 8072 2834 8072
2836 8071 2836 8065 2827 8066 2823 8063
2828 8061 2834 8064 2836 8061 2820 8059
2808 8056 2788 8045
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CRISTALDI FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 540 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...PORT CANAVERAL...CAPE
CANAVERAL...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...TITUSVILLE...PORT SAINT JOHN...
LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN A BAND SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF TROPICAL
STORM FAY HAS EXPANDED NORTHWARD ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.
* RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF NEARLY TWO INCHES IN THE
PORT CANAVERAL AREA DURING THE LAST HOUR...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS
IN BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES OVER THE LAST THREE HOURS FROM
THE COCOA AND COCOA BEACH AREAS NORTHWARD TO NORTH MERITT ISLAND
AND TITUSVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS OR
WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND INTERSECTIONS. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE.
LAT...LON 2837 8061 2837 8062 2855 8058 2858 8060
2854 8060 2837 8066 2837 8072 2862 8080
2837 8073 2835 8087 2878 8097 2878 8084
2862 8080 2862 8079 2878 8083 2867 8066
2872 8070 2872 8067 2846 8052
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CRISTALDI FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 339 AM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
VOLUSIA...INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...BREVARD...LAKE...
OKEECHOBEE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE...AND ST. LUCIE.
* THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO SIX INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WHILE THE HIGHEST
RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTH TODAY...THE SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL REMAIN VULNERABLE TO
FLOODING DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED ON TUESDAY.
* RAINFALL TOTALS FROM FAY THUS FAR...
RAINFALL TUESDAY TOPPED 10 INCHES AT JENSEN BEACH...WITH SEVERAL
REPORTS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES ALONG THE TREASURE COAST. MANY AREAS
HAD RAINFALL ABOVE 5 INCHES TUESDAY THAT EXTENDED NORTHWARD
INTO OSCEOLA AND BREVARD COUNTIES.
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 WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 616 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...EXTREME FLOODING CONTINUES FOR BREVARD COUNTY...
...FLOODING RAIN IMPACTING PARTS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE FLOOD THREAT FOR BREVARD COUNTY REMAINS EXTREME. FLOODING
RAIN HAS RETURNED TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN RIVER...
BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
THIS IS A HISTORIC AND HAZARDOUS RAINFALL EVENT ACROSS THE AREA!
LIFE AND PROPERTY ARE IN JEOPARDY! THIS MUCH RAIN HAS NOT OCCURRED
IN THE AREA SINCE HURRICANE ERIN IN 1995...WHICH IMPACTED MANY OF
THE SAME LOCATIONS. DURING ERIN...TOTALS WERE LOCALLY 9 TO 12
INCHES. THE RAIN WITH FAY HAS DOUBLED THAT OF ERIN!
BE ADVISED...THERE IS AN EXTREME THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FOR
THE LOCAL AREA FROM HEAVY RAIN...WITH THE LIKELIHOOD FOR HIGHER
RAINFALL TOTALS TO GREATLY EXCEED FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE. THIS IS
ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES.
AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAIN BANDS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TROPICAL STORM FAY CONTINUING TO
MOVE ACROSS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
ACCUMULATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED...WITH AN UNOFFICIAL PUBLIC
REPORT OF 18.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL RECEIVED FROM THE SEBASTIAN
AREA. FLOODING RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH BREVARD NEAR
VIERA AND COCOA.
THERE ARE NOW ROAD CLOSURES WITHIN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AS WELL AS
BREVARD.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY REACH AS MUCH AS 30 INCHES FOR EVENT
TOTALS...WITH ANOTHER 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED.
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE...RAIN TOTALS HAVE REACHED
17.63 INCHES SO FAR...AND IT CONTINUES TO RAIN! IN PARTS OF NORTH
MELBOURNE...NEARLY 25 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN...NOW...FOR AN EXTREME IMPACT FROM INLAND
FLOODING! SCATTERED LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE MAJOR FLOODING...AMONG
MANY LOCATIONS OF MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IN BREVARD AND INDIAN
RIVER COUNTIES! FLOODING WILL BE FURTHER ACCENTUATED IN LOW LYING
SPOTS AND NEAR PONDS AND LAKES!
DO NOT GO OUT ONTO THE ROADWAYS AS DRAINAGE DITCHES AND RETENTION
PONDS ARE OVERFLOWING IN BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES! THE
ROADS ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE! DO
NOT DRIVE ACROSS PLACES WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH COVERS THE
ROAD...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT...AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT!
IF YOU HAVE A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.
IF YOU NEED SPECIFIC GUIDANCE ON WHAT TO DO IF WATER THREATENS
YOUR HOME...CONTACT CITY OR COUNTY OFFICIALS WITH EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. HEED THE WORD OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IF YOU ARE TOLD
TO EVACUATE.
DURING MAJOR INLAND FLOODING...AREA RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES CAN
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. SMALL STREAMS...
CREEKS...CANALS...AND DRAINAGE DITCHES CAN BECOME DANGEROUS
RIVERS. IN FLATTER TERRAIN...EXTENSIVE INUNDATION OFTEN OCCURS
COVERING BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROADS. IN URBAN
PLACES...WIDESPREAD INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE WITH STREETS AND
PARKING LOTS BECOMING RIVERS OF MOVING WATER. OVERALL...MAJOR
DAMAGE RESULTS FROM FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION...WHICH
CAN GREATLY IMPACT MANY BUILDINGS AND ROADS...AND PROMPT
EVACUATIONS.
AS FLOOD WATERS RISE...WILDLIFE WILL ALSO SEEK HIGHER GROUND.
ALLIGATORS AND WATER SNAKES WILL ALSO HAVE UNUSUAL ACCESS TO
NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES. BE CAREFUL!
ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE VERY LIKELY. PROBLEMS WITH SEWER
BACKUPS MAY OCCUR...AND CONTAMINATING STANDING WATER. ALSO...CHECK
WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS FOR POSSIBLE WATER BOIL ALERTS IN YOUR AREA.
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 LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AS OF THIS
MORNING...THE STAGE AT ASTOR IS EXPECTED TO REACH 2.5 FEET BY LATE
FRIDAY ABOVE THE ACTION STAGE OF 2.3 FEET...BUT BELOW FLOOD STAGE
OF 2.8 FEET. 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 WITHIN
THE BASIN.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAINLY IN GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE CENTER OF FAY...
ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHERN BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY. FURTHER TO THE SOUTH ACROSS INDIAN RIVER AND SAINT LUCIE
COUNTIES...WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT LOWER BUT STILL GUSTING TO
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH OF 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING IN SQUALLS.
CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE SOUTH OF BREVARD COUNTY BY THURSDAY...BUT
NOT UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT FROM BREVARD NORTHWARD. NORTH WINDS ALONG
THE VOLUSIA COAST THIS EVENING WILL BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT.
WINDS WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE...OUT OF THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST...FROM
BREVARD COUNTY SOUTHWARD.
THERE IS STILL A DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF FAY.
HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL INTENSIFICATION OF FAY APPEARS
UNLIKELY AS IT TRACKS VERY CLOSE TO THE COAST THIS EVENING AND MAKES
A SECOND FLORIDA LANDFALL NEAR THE UPPER VOLUSIA COAST OVERNIGHT.
RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FAY CLOSELY.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE FROM DAYTONA BEACH NORTHWARD
MOVING ONSHORE...AND FROM JUPITER NORTH TO FORT PIERCE REACHING
INLAND TOWARD LAKE OKEECHOBEE...BUT MOVING TOWARD THE COAST FROM
THE WEST. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS.
CONSEQUENTLY...THERE IS AN ELEVATED THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM
TORNADOES. THE OCCURRENCE OF TORNADOES IS POSSIBLE...BUT LESS
LIKELY THAN SO. PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR AT
LEAST A LOW IMPACT FROM TORNADOES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE MINOR TO MODERATE
DAMAGE. IF A TORNADO DOES OCCUR...IT SHOULD BE BRIEF AND SHORT
LIVED.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HIGH SURF AND VERY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY...NORTH OF THE CAPE. STORM TIDE WATERS MAY RUN 2 TO 3
FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AROUND MIDNIGHT AND AGAIN BETWEEN 11 AM AND
NOON ON THURSDAY...DURING PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE. STORM SURGE
CONCERNS WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG THE NORTHERN VOLUSIA COAST...WHERE
CONTINUED ONSHORE WINDS ARE CREATING LONG DURATION POUNDING SURF.
BEACH EROSION WILL BE A CONCERN.
THE EFFECTS OF OF STORM TIDE WATERS WILL BE MINIMAL SOUTH OF CAPE
CANAVERAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL
STORM FAY.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 9 PM 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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