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WGUS72 KMFL 021641

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FLZ067-068-072-021730-



FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1234 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



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

EASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT...



AT 1234 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN PALM BEACH 

COUNTY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1.5 TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR WILL BE OCCURRING WITH THE STRONGER 

THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE DELRAY BEACH...LAKE WORTH...AND 

WEST PALM BEACH.



REPORTS FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATE THAT A 

NUMBER OF ROADS ARE FLOODED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD 

EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF DRIVING IS NECESSARY AND NEVER DRIVE 

ACROSS WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH...ESPECIALLY IF THAT WATER IS 

FLOWING.



IN EASTERN BROWARD...THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT REPORTED OVER 3 

INCHES OF RAIN IN THE FOUR HOURS BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON. 

HOWEVER...MOST OF BROWARD COUNTY SHOULD HAVE A BREAK FROM THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN UNTIL ABOUT 3 PM EDT.



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA.



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