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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

807 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



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MIAMI-DADE FL-

807 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



AT 807 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OR RAINFALL HAD FALLEN OVER THE EXTREME 

NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...BETWEEN HIALEAH... 

HALLANDALE...AND MIAMI BEACH.  OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

PERSONNEL ALSO REPORTED SIGNIFICANT WATER ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MIAMI 

LAKES AREA.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WILL 

REMAIN IN PLACE...AND THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIAMI

GARDENS...DOLPHINS STADIUM...OPA-LOCKA...NORTH MIAMI BEACH...NORTH 

MIAMI...MIAMI LAKES...CAROL CITY AND AVENTURA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.



LAT...LON 2596 8003 2596 8030 2582 8037 2581 8009



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

807 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



FLC086-201230-

/X.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070520T1230Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

MIAMI-DADE FL-

807 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



AT 807 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN OVER THE EXTREME 

NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...BETWEEN HIALEAH... 

HALLANDALE...AND MIAMI BEACH.  OFF DUTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

PERSONNEL ALSO REPORTED SIGNIFICANT WATER ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MIAMI 

LAKES AREA.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WILL 

REMAIN IN PLACE...AND THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIAMI

GARDENS...DOLPHINS STADIUM...OPA-LOCKA...NORTH MIAMI BEACH...NORTH 

MIAMI...MIAMI LAKES...CAROL CITY AND AVENTURA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.



LAT...LON 2596 8003 2596 8030 2582 8037 2581 8009



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