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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1103 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



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MIAMI-DADE FL-

1103 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR ALL 

OF NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



...THIS WARNING AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE THE FAR 

NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT WAS UNDER A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING EARLIER THIS MORNING...



AT 1103 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE 

ORDER OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR OCCURRING OVER THE EXTREME 

NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.  



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AS THERE HAVE BEEN 

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER INTRUDING INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OF 

STRUCTURES ON MIAMI BEACH...AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN THIS PORTION 

OF THE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIAMI 

GARDENS...NORTH BAY VILLAGE...OPA-LOCKA...NORTH MIAMI BEACH...MIAMI 

SPRINGS...LITTLE HAITI...MIAMI LAKES...MIAMI BEACH...HIALEAH... 

DORAL...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.



LAT...LON 2571 8040 2571 8012 2598 8012 2596 8038



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000 

WGUS72 KMFL 201503

FFSMFL



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1103 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



FLC086-201615-

/X.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070520T1615Z/

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

MIAMI-DADE FL-

1103 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR ALL 

OF NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



...THIS WARNING AREA HAS BEEN EXPANDED NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE THE FAR 

NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT WAS UNDER A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING EARLIER THIS MORNING...



AT 1103 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE 

ORDER OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR OCCURRING OVER THE EXTREME 

NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.  



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...AS THERE HAVE BEEN 

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER INTRUDING INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OF 

STRUCTURES ON MIAMI BEACH...AND FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IN THIS PORTION 

OF THE COUNTY.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIAMI 

GARDENS...NORTH BAY VILLAGE...OPA-LOCKA...NORTH MIAMI BEACH...MIAMI 

SPRINGS...LITTLE HAITI...MIAMI LAKES...MIAMI BEACH...HIALEAH... 

DORAL...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.



LAT...LON 2571 8040 2571 8012 2598 8012 2596 8038



$$



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