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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

430 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...



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

TODAY. THIS INCLUDES MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...PALM BEACH...MAINLAND 

MONROE...COLLIER...HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES.



DURING THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT MIDNIGHT...THE MAJORITY OF RAINFALL 

OCCURRED OVER THE SOUTHEAST...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER THE EXTREME 

SOUTHERN AREAS OF MIAMI-DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES. DOPPLER 

WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED A MAXIMUM OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHERN 

PORTION OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK. MOST OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA 

OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA RECEIVED ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. MOST 

AREAS OF GLADES...HENDRY AND WESTERN COLLIER COUNTIES RECEIVED ONE 

INCH OR LESS.



THE TROPICAL WAVE THAT HAS CAUSED THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO 

THE WEST OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. MOIST TROPICAL AIR EAST OF THE 

WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGHOUT THE DAY 

TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCAL 

AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. RAINFALL SHOULD TAPER OFF 

LATER TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY...WITH A LITTLE 

MORE SUNSHINE PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE CONDITIONS EXIST FOR SIGNIFICANT RAIN 

THAT CAN LEAD TO THE LIKELY FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AND OTHER 

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 SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING 

WATER OR FLOODING AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 

STATIONS...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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