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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1140 PM EDT SUN OCT 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...



UNTIL 200 AM EDT.



* AT 1140 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR           

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MIAMI-DADE FROM HOMESTEAD NORTH TO  

  THE COUNTY LINE. FLOODING OF STREETS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN         

  SWEETWATER AND SOUTH KENDALL. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE    

  FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OVER MOST OF THE AREA FROM SWEETWATER SOUTH TO  

  HOMESTEAD. SIMILAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTHWARD TO THE  

  COUNTY LINE. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

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

AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS.



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 2596 8013 2545 8033 2546 8057 2595 8066



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