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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

345 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2001



...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY...



A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE 

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

EXPECTED TO PASS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. 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 TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. 



WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT MIAMI HAS SHOWN THAT MOST OF SOUTH 

FLORIDA HAS RECEIVED RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH SINCE SUNSET 

FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER WESTERN COLLIER...MAINLAND 

MONROE COUNTY... AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATED MOST 

AREAS RECEIVING 2 TO 4 INCHES. RADAR ESTIMATED A FEW AREAS RECEIVED 

4 TO 8 INCHES ...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY AND PARTS OF 

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. 



THROUGH TODAY....ADDITIONAL 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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