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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

950 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2001



...FLOOD WATCH OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH MONDAY...

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY.  ATMOSPHERIC 

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL 

OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA.  



OVERNIGHT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL REMAINED OFFSHORE HOWEVER THE 

GROUND OVER SOUTH FLORIDA IS FAIRLY SATURATED AND ANY RAIN TODAY 

COULD QUICKLY CAUSE STREET AND URBAN FLOODING.  WHILE NO AREA IS 

FAVORED THE HEAVIER RAIN TODAY WILL OCCUR FIRST OVER THE 

METROPOLITAN AREAS ALONG BOTH THE EAST AND WEST COASTS.  RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES 

ALSO POSSIBLE.  THIS RAIN ON TOP OF THE 1 TO 2 INCHES THAT WERE 

REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY COULD MEAN TWO DAY TOTALS OF 

FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. 



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR VERY HEAVY

RAIN THAT CAN LEAD TO THE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE

AREAS. THIS COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND RESIDENTS SHOULD

TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID

DRIVING ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES.

NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FLOWING WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH. PERSONS IN

SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER OR FLOODING AND

BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION. MOVE TO A HIGHER LOCATION SHOULD

CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING.



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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