Azalea Park Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1138 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

  NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...MERRITT ISLAND...CAPE
CANAVERAL...TITUSVILLE... SCOTTSMOOR...PORT SAINT
JOHN...MIMS...COCOA...
  LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THE VILLAGES...TAVARES...PAISLEY...
  MOUNT PLYMOUTH...MOUNT DORA...MASCOTTE...LISBON...LEESBURG...LAKE
  HARRIS...LAKE GRIFFIN...LADY LAKE...HOWEY IN THE HILLS...
  GROVELAND...FERNDALE...EUSTIS...EMERALDA...CASSIA...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZELLWOOD...WINTER PARK...WINTER
  GARDEN...WINDERMERE...PINE HILLS...ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
  ORLANDO...OCOEE...OAK RIDGE...MAITLAND...LOCKHART......FAIRVIEW
SHORES...CONWAY...CHRISTMAS...BITHLO...AZALEA PARK...APOPKA...
SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER SPRINGS...WEKIVA SPRINGS...
  SANFORD...OVIEDO...LONGWOOD...LAKE MARY...LAKE JESSUP...
  GOLDENROD...GENEVA...FOREST CITY...CASSELBERRY...ALTAMONTE
  SPRINGS...
  SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...
OSTEEN...ORANGE CITY...MAYTOWN...EDGEWATER...DELTONA...
* UNTIL 530 AM EDT FRIDAY
* AT 1125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL FROM PINE HILLS TO OVIEDO TO MAYTON
AND EDGEWATER. RAIN BANDS ON THE SOUTHERN CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY
HAVE DUMPED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA
TODAY...WITH OVER 8 INCHES RECORDED AT SANFORD. RAINFALL RATES UP TO
AN INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 3 AM WITH FLOODING
CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE...SEMINOLE...NORTHERN ORANGE AND
SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
EVACUATIONS ARE ONGOING NEAR THE WEKIVA RIVER RESORT SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 46 NEAR THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND
LOW-LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE ALONG STATE ROUTE 46...ACROSS SEMINOLE
COUNTY AND ACROSS EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF 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.
LAT...LON 2896 8196 2903 8088 2845 8052 2839 8059
      2837 8062 2839 8063 2848 8059 2857 8059
      2858 8060 2835 8066 2835 8071 2860 8073
      2859 8076 2864 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075
      2879 8084 2865 8082 2835 8072 2835 8195
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VOLKMER

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FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 806 PM EDT THU AUG 21 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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 THROUGH THIS EVENING...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 POSSIBLE INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS
PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS WRAP AROUND THE CENTER.
AS FAY MOVES SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST 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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SEDLOCK

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TROPICAL STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1217 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...A TEMPORARY RELAXING OF THE HEAVY RAIN...
...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM FAY IS BARELY MOVING. HOWEVER...THERE IS A
TEMPORARY RELAXING OF THE HEAVY RAIN FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW
HOURS.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COASTAL COUNTIES...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
TROPICAL RAINBANDS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND THE CIRCULATION
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FAY IMPACTING NORTH BREVARD AND COASTAL
VOLUSIA COUNTIES WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN. YET...THE LATEST RADAR
TREND DOES SHOW A DECREASE IN OVERALL RAINFALL RATES. THIS
RELAXING OF HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
BY MORNING...MAINLY OVER EXTREME NORTH BREVARD COUNTY FROM
TITUSVILLE TO NEW SMYRNA BEACH IN VOLUSIA COUNTY.
FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY NORTH
BREVARD COUNTY NEAR MIMS AND SCOTTSMOOR.
ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE
FOR TOMORROW DUE TO THE MOISTURE RICH ENVIRONMENT. MUCH WILL
DEPEND ON THE LOCATION AND CHARACTER OF FAY ON FRIDAY.
...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS FAY MOVES
A LITTLE FARTHER INLAND. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WILL OCCUR WITHIN
INNER BANDS LOCATED ABOUT THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF FAY AND IN
PASSING SQUALLS. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH WILL BE
COMMON...ESPECIALLY FROM ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE NORTHWARD. A FEW
WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
...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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