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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED PRODUCT ID

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1230 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2003



...FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...



THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING CONTINUES IN

EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES.



IN SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES...

EASTERN COLLIER...WESTERN COLLIER...GLADES...HENDRY...PALM BEACH

EASTERN AND PALM BEACH WESTERN.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGHOUT

THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA. WHILE SURFACE WIND FLOW

WILL CONTINUE TO BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST...THE FLOW JUST ABOVE THE

SURFACE IS SOUTHERLY. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY MOIST AIR MOVING FROM

THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN SEA ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND INTO SOUTH

FLORIDA. GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS THIS REGION OF SOUTH

FLORIDA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ENHANCE THE FLOODING

POTENTIAL.



2 TO 4 INCH RAINS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA. IN AREAS

WHERE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE PERSISTENT...FLOODING OF ROADS...

UNDERPASSES... AND NORMALLY LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE AREAS ARE A

DISTINCT POSSIBILITY.



BY WEDNESDAY... AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS

OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES... STEERING FLOW WILL BECOME MORE

WESTERLY. THIS WILL LIKELY DECREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING

OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA... WHILE THE EASTERN PORTIONS...

PARTICULARLY PALM BEACH COUNTY... WILL REMAIN UNDER THE GUN. THE

EVOLUTION OF THIS ENTIRE WEATHER SCENARIO WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO THE

REMAINDER OF THE AREA TONIGHT IF HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA

WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK

ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE MIAMI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

WEBSITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR

WEBSITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO.



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