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FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR PIL

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

340 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2003



...FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM EDT...



THE FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COLLIER...GLADES...HENDRY...AND PALM 

BEACH COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. 

MOST OF THE AREA HAS REMAINED PRECIPITATION FREE ON TUESDAY AND 

TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING THIS 

AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA...HOWEVER THE LIKELIHOOD 

FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED. ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE STILL 

EXISTS ACROSS THE AREA...BUT LATEST GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT LESS 

THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION ALTHOUGH SOME 

ISOLATED SPOTS MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE HEAVIER 

THUNDERSTORMS.



A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPING IN THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO 

AND THIS IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE NORTHWARD TOWARD NORTH FLORIDA. 

A SURFACE TROUGH IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LOW WILL SWEEP ACROSS 

SOUTH FLORIDA ON FRIDAY BRINGING WITH IT ANOTHER CHANCE OF LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAINS. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

WILL FALL AND THE QUANTITY OF RAINFALL BUT LATEST DATA SUGGESTS IT 

WILL AFFECT MOSTLY CENTRAL AND NORTH FLORIDA. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE 

TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF 

SOUTH FLORIDA BY EARLY SATURDAY. THIS SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED 

CLOSELY AND ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP TUNED TO UPDATES AS A FLOOD 

WATCH MAY HAVE TO BE REISSUED FOR THAT AREA ON FRIDAY. ESPECIALLY 

VULNERABLE WOULD BE COLLIER...GLADES...AND HENDRY COUNTIES.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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