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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

400 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL NOON FRIDAY...



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

TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDS MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...PALM 

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



SINCE MIDNIGHT...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER BROWARD AND 

PALM BEACH COUNTIES. RAINFALL IN THESE AREAS HAVE RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 

INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. OVER MIAMI-DADE 

COUNTY...RAINFALL HAS BEEN LIGHTER WITH AMOUNTS MOSTLY AN INCH OR 

LESS. OVER THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH FLORIDA...RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES 

INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES.



THE TROPICAL WAVE WHICH WAS UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM BARRY AS OF 2 

PM THAT HAS CAUSED THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST 

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

STORM WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND EARLY 

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

AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. RAINFALL SHOULD TAPER OFF 

FRIDAY MORNING.



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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