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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1153 AM EDT MON SEP 29 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 300 PM EDT



* AT 1153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NAPLES REGION SINCE EARLY 

THIS MORNING...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE EVERGLADES CITY 

AND ROCK ISLAND REGION OVER WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS ENTERING 

INTO THE COASTLAND MALL SHOPPING CENTER IN NAPLES...AND THAT MANY 

ROADWAYS IN THE NAPLES...NORTH NAPLES...AND GOLDEN GATES REGIONS 

WERE CLOSED DUE TO STANDING WATERS.



SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE 

GULF OF MEXICO NORTHWARD OVER WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR FROM 

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS.



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU

ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305 229 4522 TO REPORT

FLOODING.



LAT...LON 2636 8134 2579 8126 2595 8175 2630 8186



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