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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

956 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  EASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...



UNTIL 1245 AM EDT.



* AT 949 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BETWEEN 

  DOWNTOWN MIAMI TO NEAR HOMESTEAD.  THE AREA BETWEEN PERRINE

  AND HOMESTEAD HAS HAD A RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF

  RAIN SINCE 7 PM.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHWARD

  AND THE FLOODING OF STREETS FROM PERRINE TO DOWNTOWN MIAMI

  CAN BE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT.  STREETS AND 

  OTHER LOW LYING AREAS FROM HOMESTEAD SOUTH TO THE COUNTY LINE

  WILL CONTINUE THEIR URBAN FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. ONE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS AS WELL AS OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS

AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE DIRECTLY AT 305 229 4522 TO REPORT FLOODING.



LAT...LON 2584 8008 2521 8031 2520 8062 2584 8050



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