FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
807 AM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...NORTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...SOUTH DAYTONA...
PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...ORMOND BEACH...HOLLY HILL... EDGEWATER...DAYTONA BEACH...
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT.
* AT 805 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A PERSISTENT BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING ONSHORE FROM THE
ATLANTIC. THIS RAINFALL IS MOVING INTO AN AREA THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL ACT TO FURTHER WORSEN AN ALREADY SERIOUS FLOODING SITUATION. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR THROUGH LATE MORNING. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE QUICK ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
AFFECTED COUNTIES: IN FLORIDA: VOLUSIA.