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URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

645 PM EDT MON OCT 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...



UNTIL 800 PM EDT.



* AT 645 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  VERY HEAVY RAIN STILL OVER NORTHEAST SECTIONS OF MIAMI-DADE AND    

  ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING WESTERN SECTIONS OF    

  THE METRO AREAS. HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE URBAN        

  FLOODING ACROSS MIAMI LAKES...HIALEAH...NORTH MIAMI...NORTH        

  MIAMI BEACH AND AVENTURA. A CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT 

  SWEETWATER AND AREAS WEST OF THE PALMETTO. THESE AREAS WERE        

  AFFECTED BY HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY AND ARE SUBJECT TO URBAN          

  FLOODING THIS EVENING.



  ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER BROWARD COUNTY...PONDING     

  OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE 

  NEXT HOUR OR SO. THEREFORE...THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES    

  IN EFFECT BROWARD COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM.        



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 2607 8012 2590 8012 2582 8018 2569 8050

          2581 8048 2601 8037



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