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WGUS72 KMFL 201346

FFSMFL



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

946 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



FLC086-201430-

/X.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070520T1430Z/

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

MIAMI-DADE FL-

946 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



AT 946 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

THAT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN OVER THE          

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

HIALEAH...HALLANDALE...AND MIAMI BEACH.  ADDITIONALLY...THERE HAVE 

BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE GENERAL 

PUBLIC OF FLOODED ROADWAYS IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH...MIAMI LAKES...AND 

MIAMI GARDENS.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING HAS 

WEAKENED...BUT FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE 

WARNING AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIAMI

GARDENS...DOLPHINS STADIUM...NORTH BAY VILLAGE...OPA-LOCKA...NORTH

MIAMI BEACH...NORTH MIAMI...MIAMI SHORES...EL PORTAL...LITTLE

HAITI...MIAMI LAKES...HIALEAH GARDENS...HIALEAH...CAROL CITY AND 

AVENTURA.



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



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000 

WGUS72 KMFL 201346

FFSMFL



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

946 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



FLC086-201430-

/X.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070520T1430Z/

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

MIAMI-DADE FL-

946 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR

EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



AT 946 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

THAT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN OVER THE          

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

HIALEAH...HALLANDALE...AND MIAMI BEACH.  ADDITIONALLY...THERE HAVE 

BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM BOTH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE GENERAL 

PUBLIC OF FLOODED ROADWAYS IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH...MIAMI LAKES...AND 

MIAMI GARDENS.  THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING HAS 

WEAKENED...BUT FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE 

WARNING AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIAMI

GARDENS...DOLPHINS STADIUM...NORTH BAY VILLAGE...OPA-LOCKA...NORTH

MIAMI BEACH...NORTH MIAMI...MIAMI SHORES...EL PORTAL...LITTLE

HAITI...MIAMI LAKES...HIALEAH GARDENS...HIALEAH...CAROL CITY AND 

AVENTURA.



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



$$



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