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WGUS72 KMFL 021351

FFSMIA

FLZ067-068-072-021415-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

944 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN PALM BEACH 

CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM EDT AND FOR EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY 

UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...



AT 944 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF THE METRO AREAS 

OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES FOR THE LAST 48 HOURS IN PALM BEACH 

COUNTY AROUND PALM BEACH GARDENS AND IN SOME SECTIONS OF FORT 

LAUDERDALE.



AT FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT...ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN FORTY 

FIVE MINUTES BETWEEN 9 AM AND 9:45 AM EDT. CURRENT REPORTS INDICATE 

MAINLY URBAN TYPE STREET FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

ROADS AND UNDERPASSES BUT AS THE RAIN CONTINUES...ADDITIONAL 

WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE ATLANTIC 

COASTAL WATERS AND MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS BROWARD AND PALM BEACH 

COUNTIES. FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING HOURS THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS 

FOR WORSENING FLOODING DUE TO CONTINUING HEAVY RAINS AND A FLOOD 

WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY.



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