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WGUS72 KMFL 241851

FFSMIA

FLZ072-242100-



URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

250 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001



AN URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST BROWARD

COUNTY IN THE POMPANO BEACH AREA WHERE MIAMI DOPPLER RADAR HAS

ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST

HOUR.



THE POMPANO POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLOODING OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY

BETWEEN THE 600 AND 1000 BLOCKS AND ON DIXIE HIGHWAY AS WELL.

MOTORISTS NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND AVOID DRIVING INTO WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH.



THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS WEAKENED

AND MOVED OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC, THE FLOODED AREAS WILL BE

SLOW TO DRAIN DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND IN THE POMPANO AREA DUE

TO HEAVY RAINS LAST WEEKEND.



ROTHFUSS

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