Warning Description: Tornado Watch

Warning Date: 8:03 PM EDT on August 19, 2008

WarningSum:


Warning Message:Tornado Watch 843 remains in effect until 100 am EDT for the 
following locations
FL 
.    Florida counties included are
Brevard              Flagler             Indian River        
Orange               Osceola             Putnam              
St. Johns            Seminole            Volusia             
Warning Description: Areal Flood Watch

Warning Date: 7:46 PM EDT on August 19, 2008

WarningSum:...Flood Watch Remains In Effect Through Wednesday Morning...

Warning Message:The Flood Watch continues for
* east central Florida...including the following areas...coastal
  Volusia...Indian River...inland Volusia... Martin...northern
  Brevard...Northern Lake...Okeechobee...Orange...Osceola...
  Seminole...southern Brevard...Southern Lake and St. Lucie.
* Through Wednesday morning
* rainbands associated with tropical storm will be capable of
  producing additional rainfall amounts of one to three inches
  ...with locally higher amounts...through Wednesday morning. This
  is on top of the rainfall that has already occurred.
* Some rainfall totals from Fay thus far include...
10.20 inches in Jensen Beach...
8.69 inches from a weather spotter in Port Saint Lucie...
8.20 inches in Rocky Point in Martin County...
7.60 inches in Palm City...
7.48 inches at Jupiter...
7.15 inches at Saint Lucie County Airport in Fort Pierce...
6.71 inches from a weather spotter in Melbourne Beach...
5.55 inches in Stuart...
5.54 inches at the Vero Beach Airport...
5.48 inches at Juno Beach... 5.24 inches in Palm Bay...
4.95 inches at the Melbourne Airport...
Flood warnings are already in effect for a large part of east
central Florida due to these very high rainfall amounts.
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 action should additional flooding develop.
Warning Description: Inland Tropical Wind Warning

Warning Date: 6:16 PM EDT on August 19, 2008

WarningSum:...The Circulation Center Of Tropical Storm Fay Is Now Tracking Through
East Central Florida...

Warning Message:...New information...
the tornado and flood threats remain high for Brevard County...
and into parts of Osceola and Orange counties. Additional warnings
are expected through the early evening.
A Hurricane Watch has been issued for the Florida East Coast
north of Flagler Beach.
The center of Fay is forecast to approach the East Coast near Cape
Canaveral around midnight. Strong wind gusts will accompany the
main core of Fays circulation...with gusts just under hurricane
force.
...Areas affected...
this statement recommends actions to be taken by persons in the
following counties of east central Florida...Okeechobee...
Osceola...Orange...Lake...Seminole and western Volusia.
...Precautionary/preparedness actions...
residents that live in proximity of the forecast center track of
Fay...and to its right...should stay indoors! It is not wise to be
outdoors this afternoon...especially within Okeechobee and Osceola
counties....as well as Brevard and Indian River counties.
People should be prepared to quickly move to their safe room
within their home or shelter if a Tornado Warning is issued for
their area...or if damaging wind gusts are realized.
Again...until Fay passes...stay indoors and away from windows.
Treat the passing of the circulation center of Fay as you would a
tornado. 
...Winds...
strong tropical storm force wind gusts of 55 to 70 mph are still
being indicated about the circulation center of Fay. The Okeechobee
Airport gusted to 58 mph as the center passed by just to the
west.
Fay continues to remain organized despite being over land. The
eyewall feature...having very heavy squalls...was moving generally
north at 10 mph. This is a feature of considerable concern and
will be monitored closely...as it moves through Okeechobee County
and toward south Osceola County and west Indian River County.
Winds will also be a concern within a dominant rainband where
convective gusts may become locally severe in excess of 65 mph.
The Melbourne Airport recently received a gust to 52 mph. This
band will be lifting north through Osceola and Brevard County into
Orange...and eventually Seminole County...and south Volusia
County...later this evening.
...Inland flooding...
rainfall continues to be heavy within a dominant rainband through
Brevard and Osceola counties. This band appears to be the source
of torrential flooding rain where as much as 10 inches could be
realized in spots. Amounts of 4 to 8 inches will be common...
especially in places where it moves over as it lifts north.
Amounts will be maximized near the coast...and along the center
track of Fay and to its immediate right.
Some rain totals so far:
Okeechobee...6.88 inches
Fort Pierce...6.85 inches
Vero Beach...5.30 inches
Melbourne...3.97 inches
Melbourne Beach...5.57 inches
Juno Beach...5.48 inches
Jupiter...7.48 inches
Stuart...9.6o inches
Port Saint Lucie...8.24 inches
Sebastian...4.54 inches
Palm Bay...3.16 inches.
Some of these listed places are still receiving heavy rain.
Additional flood warnings may be needed from Orange County
northward as the dominant band lifts north. 
Preparations should be made for the potential of a high impact from 
inland flooding. Isolated locations may experience major 
flooding...among scattered locations of minor to moderate flooding. 
Flooding may be accentuated in low lying spots and near rivers and 
lakes. 
...Tornadoes...
as the center of Tropical Storm Fay continues to move north-northeast
through east central Florida...the tornadic threat will gradually 
shift northward from central Brevard and northeast Osceola counties
across northern Brevard County by late evening...and into eastern
Volusia County toward midnight. The threat area also includes the 
extreme eastern portion of Seminole and Orange counties...east of 
the Metro Orlando and Sanford areas.
The threat will be highest right along the coast...from around Cocoa 
Beach northward...as individual cells race toward the west-northwest 
at 40 to 45 mph across the barrier island communities.
The tornadic potential will diminish areawide as the center of Fay 
approaches the East Coast in the general vicinity of Cape Canaveral 
early Wednesday morning.
...Next update...
the next local statement will be issued by the National Weather
Service in Melbourne around 10 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.