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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1020 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EAST-CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 1020 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  A COMPLEX OF SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DUMPING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 

  ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...EXTENDING FROM SOUTH      

  BEACH WESTWARD ALONG THE DOLPHIN EXPRESSWAY TO DORAL.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH BAY

  VILLAGE...MIAMI SPRINGS...MIAMI SHORES...EL PORTAL...LITTLE        

  HAITI...MIAMI INTERNATIONAL A/P...MIAMI BEACH...LIBERTY            

  CITY...DORAL AND HIALEAH.



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



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 2568 8041 2570 8012 2587 8013 2583 8040



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