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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

400 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2001



...FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...



A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA CONTINUED TO SLOWLY DEVELOP OVER THE 

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...NEAR YUCATAN PENINSULA...FRIDAY 

AFTERNOON. 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 24 HOURS.



THE SOIL IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS ALREADY SATURATED. MOST OF SOUTH 

FLORIDA RECEIVED RAINFALL FRIDAY, SOME WITH NOTABLE AMOUNTS. SOME OF 

THOSE NOTABLE AMOUNTS, BASED ON OBSERVATIONS, FORT LAUDERDALE 

EXECUTIVE, 1.39 MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 0.98 TAMIAMI, 0.98 

OPA-LOCKA, 0.63 AND HOLLYWOOD WITH 0.46 MANY OTHER LOCATIONS 

RECORDED NEAR ONE INCH OF RAIN.



OVER THE NEXT 24 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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