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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

532 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007



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MIAMI-DADE FL-

532 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR EAST

CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH 

MIAMI...UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI...KENDALL...CORAL GABLES... 

GOULDS...PINECREST...CUTLER RIDGE...AND GOULDS.



AT 532 PM EDT...A FORMER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE RECORDED 

6 INCHES OF RAIN FALLING IN SOUTH MIAMI. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN 

CUTLER RIDGE AND HOMESTEAD. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO 

AFFECT MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO FLOODED ROADS...AS WELL 

AS FLOODING OF SOME STRUCTURES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN AFFECTING AREAS FROM HOWARD TO CUTLER RIDGE TO GOULDS.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

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



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 2555 8041 2563 8028 2575 8024 2574 8035



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