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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

510 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 SCATTERED MAINLY ALONG THE WESTERN 

SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS ACTIVITY WILL 

DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. 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 IN 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.



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. 



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.



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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