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WGUS72 KMFL 191955

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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

355 PM EDT WED SEP 19 2001



AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST COLLIER COUNTY

NEAR THE GULF COAST THROUGH 600 PM BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

MIAMI. VERY SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED ALONG THE WEST

COAST SEA BREEZE WERE DRIFTING SOUTH ALONG THE GULF COAST. MIAMI

DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT HEAVY RAIN OF TWO TO THREE INCHES

HAS FALLEN IN AN AREA BOUNDED BY GOLDEN GATE TO NAPLES TO RATTLESNAKE

HAMMOCK ROAD THEN EAST TO COLLIER BOULEVARD.



IN THE EAST NAPLES AREA. POSSIBLY 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN

IN THE PAST HOUR.



HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 500 PM THEN BEGIN TO DECREASE.

WATER THOUGH WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN AWAY.



PONDING OF WATER ON LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING THE ROADS WILL OCCUR.

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER AS THE DEPTH COULD BE

DECEIVING. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AS THE RAIN WAS

OCCURRING ALONG THE TAMIAMI TRAIL FROM PORT OF THE ISLANDS

NORTHWARD TO BONITA BEACH.



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