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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

358 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



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BROWARD FL-MIAMI-DADE FL-

358 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES...



AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED

AREA. ALREADY...IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE WITH 

RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND 2 INCHES AN HOUR WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING

ACROSS THE AREA...NOT ONLY STREET FLOODING BUT POSSIBLE FLOODING

OF SOME STRUCTURES.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLYWOOD...

HALLANDALE AND DANIA BEACH...AVENTURA...AND NORTH MIAMI BEACH.



A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT IVES DAIRY ROAD

BETWEEN DIXIE HIGHWAY AND NORTHEAST 19TH AVENUE WAS FLOODED.



ALSO...THE AVENTURA POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ROADS FLOODED. 

SPECIFICALLY...199TH STREET FROM BISCAYNE BOULEVARD TO WEST COUNTRY

CLUB DRIVE...213TH STREET FROM BISCAYNE BOULEVARD TO NORTHEAST 

34TH AVENUE...AND 190TH STREET FROM BISCAYNE BOULEVARD TO 29TH

AVENUE. 



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 8011 2584 8021 2589 8029 2608 8014

      2606 8010 2602 8011 2601 8011



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