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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1244 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 700 AM EDT



* AT 1240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATELY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO TRACK REPEATEDLY ACROSS SOUTHERN 

AND CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE DATA INDICATE 

THAT AS MUCH AS 10 TO 14 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED FROM KEY 

BISCAYNE TO HOMESTEAD THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA BY MORNING. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE THE ONGOING SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING. 



A FEW OF THE LOCATIONS AT GREATEST RISK FOR CONTINUED FLOODING ARE...



KEY BISCAYNE...PERRINE...COUNTRY WALK...CUTLER RIDGE...PRINCETON...

NARANJA...HOMESTEAD...FLORIDA CITY...AND THE REDLANDS.



SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL CANALS WERE 

OVERFLOWING. MEDIA AND PUBLIC REPORTS ALSO INDICATE WIDESPREAD 

FLOODING OF STREETS WITH WATER ENTERING STRUCTURES IN SOME AREAS.



A FEW MAJOR ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE WITH THIS EVENT. 

WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF UNPROTECTED STRUCTURES OR BUILDINGS ALONG WITH

MAJOR AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE ARE LIKELY. THE FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE 

SIMILAR TO THAT CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRENE IN OCTOBER OF 1999.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS...PONDS...OR 

WASHED OUT ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 2511 8085 2522 8024 2576 8015 2574 8081



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