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000 

WGUS72 KMFL 260720

FFSMFL



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

320 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005



FLC086-261100-

MIAMI-DADE FL-

320 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



AT 317 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.



AS TROPICAL STORM KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE FARTHER TO THE 

WEST...THE RAIN BANDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WITH ADDITIONAL 

AMOUNTS OF ABOUT ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES HAS 

OCCURRED FROM CORAL GABLES TO KENDALL LAKES EXTENDING SOUTH WITH A 

MAXIMUM OF 15 INCHES FROM PERRINE TO GOULDS TO HOMESTEAD.



THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT FLOOD SITUATION. THIS AMOUNT 

OF RAIN COULD RESULT IN EXTENSIVE FLOODING ACROSS SOUTH  

FLORIDA...SIMILAR TO THAT EXPERIENCE WITH HURRICANE IRENE IN 1999 

AND THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE OF OCTOBER 2 2000.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

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

AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS AND MAY IMPACT NUMEROUS STRUCTURES.



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

ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS.



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



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000 

WGUS72 KMFL 260728 CCA

FFSMFL



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

320 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005



FLC086-261100-

MIAMI-DADE FL-

320 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



AT 317 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.



AS TROPICAL STORM KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE FARTHER TO THE 

WEST...THE RAIN BANDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WITH ADDITIONAL 

AMOUNTS OF ABOUT ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES HAS 

OCCURRED FROM CORAL GABLES TO KENDALL LAKES EXTENDING SOUTH WITH A 

MAXIMUM OF 15 INCHES FROM PERRINE TO GOULDS TO HOMESTEAD.



THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT FLOOD SITUATION. THIS AMOUNT 

OF RAIN COULD RESULT IN EXTENSIVE FLOODING ACROSS SOUTH  

FLORIDA...SIMILAR TO THAT EXPERIENCE WITH HURRICANE IRENE IN 1999 

AND THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE OF OCTOBER 2 2000.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING 

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

AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS AND MAY IMPACT NUMEROUS STRUCTURES.



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

ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS.



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



$$



BRABANDER

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