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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

741 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 945 PM EDT



* AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN NORTHEAST MIAMI DADE...

  MAINLY IN AREAS AROUND CAROL CITY EASTWARD TO ADVENTURA.

  DOPPLER RAIN ESTIMATES SHOW WIDESPREAD RAIN TOTALS

  OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THAT AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR OR SO

  WITH ISOLATED RAIN ESTIMATES AS HIGH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES.

  THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AND EVEN HOMES IN

  POORLY DRAINED AREAS. THEREFORE...THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY IS

  HEREBY UPGRADED TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

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

AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 2599 8011 2578 8012 2578 8040 2596 8040



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