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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

547 PM EDT MON MAY 15 2006



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHEAST MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.



* UNTIL 745 PM EDT



* AT 543 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN RATES AS HIGH AS 3 TO 

  5 INCHES PER HOUR MOVING VERY LITTLE OVER NORTHEAST MIAMI DADE COUNTY.

  RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN RAIN MAY 

  HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST 3 TO 4 HOURS ACROSS AREAS IN AND AROUND

  DORAL NORTHEAST TO NORTH MIAMI BEACH. STORMS KEEP REDEVELOPING ACROSS

  THIS AREA AND IF THEY CONTINUE TO DO SO OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO...

  WATER IN FLOODED STREETS COULD THREATEN CARS...HOMES...OR BUSINESSES

  PARTICULARLY IN POORLY DRAINED URBAN AREAS.



  TO THIS POINT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF STREET

  FLOODING IN DORAL AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THIS WARNING SUPERSEDES ANY

  PREVIOUSLY ISSUED URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN

AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE

AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



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

ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS. REMEMBER...TURN

AROUND...DONT DROWN



LAT...LON 2595 8035 2573 8050 2566 8017 2578 8011

      2597 8011



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