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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1000 AM EDT THU SEP 13 2001



...SOUTH FLORIDA VULNERABILITY TO FLOODING INCREASES...



WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS NEAR 7 

INCHES FELL ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA 

OVERNIGHT. THIS HAS SATURATED THE GROUND IN MANY LOCATIONS AND LEFT 

SOUTH FLORIDA WITH INCREASED VULNERABILITY TO FLOODING FROM 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTH 

FLORIDA TODAY AND TONIGHT.



THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN METROPOLITAN 

AREAS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY EXPIRED AT 930 AM...BUT STANDING WATER 

WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. 



ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING 

OVER THE METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA...BUT HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY 

MOVE ASHORE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST LATER THIS MORNING...AND A 

FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE SOUTHWEST COAST. THE HEAVY

RAIN MAY SPREAD FROM THE SOUTHWEST COAST REACHING THE MIAMI...FORT 

LAUDERDALE...AND WEST PALM BEACH METRO AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.



RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES FOR THE PAST 24 

HOURS ENDING AT 8 AM EDT INCLUDE...



AMOUNT              LOCATION

3.66                FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT

3.50                HOLLYWOOD

3.46                PERRINE

3.36                WEST KENDALL TAMIAMI AIRPORT

3.27                WEST PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

3.00                FORT LAUDERDALE 

2.96                PEMBROKE PINES

2.90                OPA LOCKA AIRPORT

2.69                MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

2.62                MIAMI BEACH

2.60                POMPANO BEACH

2.60                FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT



DRIVERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION 

AS THE ROADWAYS WILL BE WET WITH SOME PONDING OF WATER. ALL PERSONS 

IN SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD 

FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED OR SHOULD FLOODING CONDITIONS OCCUR.



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