山洪警报

FFWMLB

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has extended the

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Okeechobee County in east central Florida...

* Until 515 PM EST.

* At 406 PM EST, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 5 and 9 inches
of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Treasure Island, Okeechobee, Four Seasons Estates, Taylor Creek,
Whispering Pines, Okeechobee Airport and Basswood Estates.

Law enforcement reports portions of SR 70 and US 441 in and around
the City of Okeechobee are impassable. Motorists should avoid these
roads. Water was also entering structures.