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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1045 AM EDT FRI SEP 28 2001



...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...



A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA HAS CONTINUED TO SLOWLY DEVELOP OVER THE

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING. COMBINED WITH A STALLED

FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH OF SOUTH FLORIDA ALONG WITH AMPLE

MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTH

FLORIDA WILL PERSIST FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS.



THE SOIL IN SOUTH FLORIDA HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED. MOST OF SOUTH

FLORIDA RECEIVED RAINFALL THURSDAY, SOME WITH NOTABLE AMOUNTS. SOME

OF THOSE NOTABLE AMOUNTS, BASED ON OBSERVATIONS AND SOUTH FLORIDA

WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RAIN GAUGES, WERE OAKLAND PARK, 3.03 MIAMI

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 2.69 HIALEAH, 2.52 DELRAY BEACH, 2.51

BOYNTON BEACH AND POMPANO BEACH, 2.44 LAUDERDALE LAKES, 2.07 AND

BOCA RATON WITH 1.92. MANY OTHER LOCATIONS RECORDED BETWEEN ONE TO

TWO INCHES.



OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS, WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL

BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 8 INCHES

POSSIBLE.



ALL SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND

TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.





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