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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

400 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2001



...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA 

TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS INCLUDES MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...PALM 

BEACH...MAINLAND MONROE...COLLIER...HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTY.



A TROPICAL WAVE HAS BROUGHT ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO SOUTH FLORIDA 

TODAY. THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SO FAR 

TODAY...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL HAS RAGED FROM 

ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OVER PALM BEACH...BROWARD...GLADES AND HENDRY 

COUNTY. IN MIAMI-DADE...COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES 

RAINFALL HAS RANGED FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES...EXCEPT AROUND FOUR 

INCHES OVER EXTREME SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES CAN BE 

EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. 



THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY DRY 

THE PAST FOUR DAYS. HOWEVER...AS RAINFALL CONTINUES TONIGHT AND 

THURSDAY...THE GROUND WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SATURATED AND THE 

POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL INCREASE AS WELL. 



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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