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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

945 PM EDT FRI SEP 28 2001



...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY...



A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP SLOWLY OVER THE 

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...SOUTHWEST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND IS 

EXPECTED TO PASS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA SATURDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA 

COMBINED WITH A STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND 

ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA WILL GIVE THE AREA 

POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. 



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI HAS SHOWN THAT JUST ABOUT ALL 

OF SOUTH FLORIDA HAS RECEIVED MEASURABLE RAINFALL FROM SUNRISE TO 

SUNSET FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY 

WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN. A NARROW SWATH OF 1 TO 

3 INCHES OF RAIN WAS NOTED FROM MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY TO NORTHEAST 

MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEAST BROWARD COUNTIES. 



THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY....WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 

2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS TO 

6 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS 

COULD RESULT IN FLOODING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA.  



ALL INTERESTS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR 

COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND 

POSSIBLE WARNINGS.





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