

000 

WGUS52 KMFL 201230

FFWMFL

FLC086-201430-

/X.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0002.070520T1223Z-070520T1430Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

830 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT



* AT 830 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. ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF      

  WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH HAVE      

  RECENTLY BEEN RECEIVED BY METEOROLOGISTS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER   

  SERVICE IN MIAMI.



* 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.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION 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. PLEASE TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 

THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS



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.



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



$$



70/DD

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000 

WGUS52 KMFL 201230

FFWMFL

FLC086-201430-

/X.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0002.070520T1223Z-070520T1430Z/

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



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

830 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT



* AT 830 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. ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF      

  WIDESPREAD AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH HAVE      

  RECENTLY BEEN RECEIVED BY METEOROLOGISTS AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER   

  SERVICE IN MIAMI.



* 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.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION 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. PLEASE TURN AROUND AND DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 

THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS



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.



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



$$



70/DD

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