crazycajuncane wrote:Would anyone happen to have some official event rain totals? Melbourne looks like it's in bad shape. I read 16-21 inches possibly?
RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS THROUGH 8 AM INCLUDE OVER 12 INCHES AT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE...13.37 INCHES AT FORT
PIERCE...13.83 IN STUART AND 21.70 INCHES IN NORTH MELBOURNE.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND...THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR RAIN THAT HAS
OCCURRED DURING THE PAST TWO HOURS!
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
128 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
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BREVARD FL-
128 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...
THIS IS A HISTORIC AND HAZARDOUS RAINFALL EVENT ACROSS THE AREA.
DRIVING HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO ACCUMULATION
OF 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.
WHILE DRIVING YOU MAY BELIEVE YOU ARE ON THE ROADWAY HOWEVER YOU MAY
LOSE CONTACT WITH THE ROAD SURFACE. IF YOU STRAY INTO A WATER FILLED
DITCH OR HIT A SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION YOUR CAR WILL BE DISABLED...OR
EVEN WORSE YOU MAY BECOME TRAPPED WITHIN A SUBMERGED VEHICLE.
IF YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE ON THE ROADS THIS AFTERNOON PLEASE STAY IN
A SHELTERED LOCATION. DRIVING HAS BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS AROUND SOUTH
BREVARD COUNTY !!
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF FIVE TO TEN INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY.
EVENT RAINFALL TOTALS OF
THIRTY INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
THIS EPIC RAINFALL OCCURRENCE WILL LEAD TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF WATER
ENTERING HOMES AND BUSINESSES. ROAD DETOURS AND CLOSURES ARE
OCCURRING AROUND MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...EAU GALLIE...VIERA AND
SUNTREE.
HEED THE WORD OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES IF YOU ARE TOLD TO EVACUATE.
FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF
FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.
WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN !!
