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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR ISSUANCE TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

125 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



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



THE FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS ISSUED TUESDAY 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.



AS OF THE VERY EARLY HOURS THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING... WEATHER RADARS

SHOWED LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. AND NOT MUCH 

WAS OBSERVED DIRNG THE DAY ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER... CONDITIONS ARE

FORECAST TO REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER THE

WATCH AREA LATER TODAY. THE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA REMAINS VERY 

MOIST... AND AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATER

TODAY COULD STILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE 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 POSSIBLE 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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