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WGUS72 KMFL 260034

FFSMFL



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

833 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005



FLC086-260500-

MIAMI-DADE FL-

833 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR MIAMI-DADE 

COUNTY...



AT 812 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 5 

TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER DOWNTOWN MIAMI...MIAMI 

BEACH...CORAL GABLES...PINECREST...KENDALL. RADAR INDICATES AS MUCH 

AS 7 TO 9 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER KEY BISCAYNE IN THE LAST 

THREE HOURS.



LOCAL ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN 

LOCATIONS WHERE RAIN BANDS PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING 

OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...AS WELL AS OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS 

AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOODING OF LOW-LYING STRUCTURES WITHIN 

THE WARNED AREA IS POSSIBLE. CLOSELY MONITOR WATER LEVELS IN YOUR 

AREA AND TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 

WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS.



LAT...LON 2582 8009 2594 8042 2560 8045 2543 8016



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