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WGUS72 KMFL 102110

FFSMIA

FLZ066-102130-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

509 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2001



...FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO

EXPIRE AT 530 PM...



AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT

THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF HENDRY COUNTY HAD

SUBSIDED AND THEREFORE THE FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE

AT 530 PM. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT THREE HOUR

RAINFALL TOTALS COULD HAVE BEEN AS HIGH AS 7 INCHES IN THE VICINITY

OF STATE ROAD 29 FOR THE PAST THREE HOURS. ALTHOUGH THE WARNING

WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME FOR ANY WATER

COVERING THE ROAD TO SUBSIDE SO MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE

CAUTION.



DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER OVER THE ROADWAY UNLESS SURE OF

THE ACTUAL DEPTH. SLOW DOWN...SPEEDING INTO STANDING WATER MAY WET

THE BRAKES LEADING TO POOR STOPPING ABILITY OR COULD CAUSE THE LOSS

OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.



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