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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

530 PM EDT SAT JUL 21 2001



...FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH SUNDAY...



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR GLADES, HENDRY, PALM BEACH, 

COLLIER AND WESTERN BROWARD COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.



A DEEPENING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT WITH A SURFACE TROUGH MOVING

TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL USHER VERY UNSTABLE MOIST AIR OVER SOUTH

FLORIDA. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE 

EXPECTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. TONIGHT, 

MOST ACTIVITY WILL END LATE BUT MAY PERSIST ALONG THE COLLIER COUNTY 

COAST.



WITH A STEADY SOUTHWEST FLOW, ACTIVITY WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO

NORTHEAST. OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE

POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER METROPOLITAN

BROWARD AND IN MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES. LOCALLY

HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF RAIN MAY OCCUR IN THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBLY

OF RAIN MOVING REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREA. NO AREA IN SOUTH

FLORIDA IS IMMUNE FROM POSSIBLE FLOODING EXCEPT THE LIKELIHOOD OF

FLOODING OCCURRING WILL BE IN THE WATCH AREA.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE CONDITIONS EXIST FOR SIGNIFICANT RAIN

THAT CAN LEAD TO THE LIKELY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD

PRONE AREAS. THIS COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND RESIDENTS SHOULD

PREPARE TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND OR PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY. MOTORISTS

SHOULD AVOID DRIVING ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS TO AVOID DAMAGE TO

THEIR VEHICLES. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY

RISING WATER OR FLOODING AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR A FAVORITE COMMERCIAL RADIO OR

TELEVISION STATION, FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI

IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OCCURS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OR REACHES

SIGNIFICANT TOTALS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.



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