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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

430 AM EDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH NOON TODAY...



A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND INTERIOR SOUTH 

FLORIDA THIS MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES COLLIER...GLADES...HENDRY 

AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES.  



A LARGE BAND OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS SWEPT INLAND OFF THE 

GULF OF MEXICO OVERNIGHT. THE RAIN ACCUMULATED UP TO 4 INCHES OVER 

SOME AREAS NEAR THE WEST COAST. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE 

MORNING OVER MUCH OF THE WEST COAST AREAS AND ALSO SPREAD ACROSS 

INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS 

EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THESE AREAS...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF AS 

MUCH AS 6 INCHES.



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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