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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

930 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2001



...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH TUESDAY...



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...PALM BEACH...COLLIER...HENDRY...GLADES AND 

MAINLAND MONROE



OVERNIGHT...MOSTLY LIGHT RAINS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE SOUTHWEST AND 

SOUTHEAST COASTAL AREAS. HEAVIER RAINS ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF 

SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY THEN POSSIBLY CONTINUING 

TUESDAY NIGHT...WEDNESDAY AND EVEN THURSDAY. THE HEAVY RAINS DURING 

THE NEXT 48 TO 72 HOURS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 

10 INCHES OF RAIN OVER WIDESPREAD AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WITH SOME 

LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 15 INCHES.



THIS WOULD PRODUCE MODERATE FLOODING CONDITIONS OVER THE AREA 

SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH OCCURRED DURING TROPICAL STORM GORDON IN 

NOVEMBER 1994...BUT SOMEWHAT LESS THAN THE MAJOR FLOODING IN 

SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE IN 1999 AND THE 

FLOODING IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN OCTOBER 2000. 



MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA HAS RECEIVED ABOUT ONE TO TWO INCHES SINCE 

SATURDAY...BUT A FEW LOCATIONS INCLUDING FORT LAUDERDALE HAVE 

RECEIVED MORE THAN FIVE INCHES.



THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH TUESDAY 

AND WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY. A 

PERSISTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA 

PENINSULA HAS BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AS IT DRIFTS INTO THE EASTERN 

GULF OF MEXICO.  THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE VERY 

LITTLE THROUGH MIDWEEK AND ALONG WITH VERY MOIST AIR...LEADS TO THE 

INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING IN SOUTH FLORIDA.



THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO HAVE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE THE SOUTHWEST 

PENINSULA...AND AS SOUTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE 

AREA INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY...THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF 

TIDAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST AND A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH 

MAY BE NEEDED.



FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE 

SITUATION CLOSELY AND TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS 

ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED. 



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