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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1100 AM EDT WED SEP 12 2001



...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH           

   THURSDAY...



TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER EIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PULL VERY MOIST 

UNSTABLE AIR OVER SOUTH FLORIDA FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 36 HOURS AS 

THE DEPRESSION DRIFTS OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. 



MAXIMA 24 HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA ENDING AT 8 AM THIS 

MORNING INCLUDE 3.23 INCHES AT KEY BISCAYNE...2.54 AT WEST PALM 

BEACH...1.96 AT HIALEAH...AND 1.52 INCHES AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL 

AIRPORT.   



OVER THE PAST 72 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS OF AT LEAST 3 INCHES INCLUDE...

AMOUNT                LOCATION

7.55                KEY BISCAYNE

6.64                FORT LAUDERDALE DIXIE WATER PLANT

5.89                HIALEAH

5.65                MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

4.65                SAWGRASS MILLS*

4.42                NAPLES

4.08                MILES CITY

3.99                WEST PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

3.80                SOUTH LAKE OKEECHOBEE*

3.71                FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT

3.44                ROTTENBERGER WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA*

3.20                HOLLYWOOD

3.01                WEST KENDALL



*COURTESY OF SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

NEXT 36 HOURS WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. FLASH 

FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES IN A 

THREE HOUR PERIOD ARE ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED 

AREAS AND ALL INTERESTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD STAY ALERT AND BE 

PREPARED IF FLOOD WARNINGS NEED TO BE ISSUED.



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