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WGUS72 KMFL 291309

FFSMIA

FLZ068-072-074-291800-



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

910 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2001



AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF

EASTERN SOUTH FLORIDA FROM WEST PALM BEACH SOUTH TO HOMESTEAD AND

THEN WEST TO THE EVERGLADES.



WIDESPREAD RAIN OF 3 TO 5 INCHES FELL IN THE PAST 24 HOURS IN

THIS AREA AND MOST OF THAT IN VERY HEAVY SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. THE

MAXIMUM RAINFALL REPORTED SO FAR WAS IN NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE NEAR

SHARK VALLEY, 5.44 INCHES AND IN EXTREME WEST KENDALL, 5.17 INCHES.



STANDING WATER WAS NOTED IN MANY FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS

WITH WATER STANDING IN MANY ROADWAYS. THOUGH THE RAINFALL WILL

DECREASE AND END BY AFTERNOON, THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN

EFFECT AS THE STANDING WATER WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN AS THE GROUNDS

ARE SATURATED.



MOTORISTS NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN TRAVELS THIS MORNING. DO NOT

DRIVE INTO AREAS OF STANDING WATER.



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

TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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