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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

349 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLLYWOOD...HALLANDALE...

  NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...AVENTURA...OPA LOCKA...

  NORTH MIAMI...



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN THE PAST

  HOUR AND A HALF...AVENTURA RECORDED 3.33 INCHES OF RAIN. 

  LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA RECORDED 2.52 INCHES. RAINFALL

  RATES OF AROUND 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS

  THESE AREAS AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST OVER

  THESE SAME AREAS.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOLPHINS

  STADIUM...NORTH MIAMI BEACH...DANIA BEACH 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.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 2596 8011 2584 8021 2589 8029 2608 8014

      2606 8010 2602 8011 2601 8011



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