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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

830 AM EDT TUE SEP 11 2001



...FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THURSDAY...



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

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

MAINLAND MONROE



HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY WITH 

AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL 

AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 

WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING 12 INCHES.



THESE RAINS WOULD PRODUCE MODERATE FLOODING CONDITIONS OVER SOUTH 

FLORIDA 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. 



24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ENDING AT 8 AM TODAY INCLUDE...

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...2.38 INCHES

SITE ON U.S 27 NEAR BROWARD...PALM BEACH COUNTY LINE...2.07 INCHES

TWENTY MILE BEND...1.50 INCHES

NORTH PERRY AIRPORT...1.46 INCHES

FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT...0.98 INCHES



AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL BE NEAR 

STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL MEAN 

INCREASED ONSHORE WINDS ALONG THE FLORIDA SOUTHWEST COAST AND 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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