FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
551 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...SOUTH DAYTONA...PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...PIERSON...OSTEEN...ORMOND
BEACH...ORANGE CITY...MAYTOWN...LAKE MONROE...LAKE HELEN...HOLLY HILL...EDGEWATER...DELTONA...DE LEON SPRINGS...DE LAND...DAYTONA
BEACH...BARBERVILLE...
* UNTIL NOON EDT.
* AT 550 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 10 TO MORE THAN 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY DURING THE LAST FEW DAYS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES OR MORE HAVE OCCURRED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF
THE REMAINDER OF VOLUSIA COUNTY. ADDTIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AND TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS PRODUCING SEVERAL MORE INCHES AND AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING OF ROADS...STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME WIDESPREAD IN THESE LOCATIONS. SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES MAY BE
SUBJECT TO LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE 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. ONLY TWO FEET OF WATER CAN MAKE MOST VEHICLES BUOYANT. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN!
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING NOW OR IS IMMINENT.
AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN FLORIDA: VOLUSIA.