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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

440 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008



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BROWARD FL-MIAMI-DADE FL-

440 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 431 PM EDT...A BAND OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST 

AT 16 MPH JUST OFF THE COAST OF MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD 

COUNTIES...HOWEVER VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING ALONG THE 

COAST.



MESONET AND MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE THAT AROUND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN IN THE AVENTURA AREA. THE PARKING GARAGE AT AVENTURA HOSPITAL 

IS PARTIALLY UNDER WATER. SEVERAL ROADS REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS IN THE 

AVENTURA AREA WITH STANDING WATER...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF 199 

STREET...213 STREET...AND 190 STREET. PORTIONS OF IVES DAIRY ROAD 

HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO BE IMPASSIBLE. 



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 2602 8011 2596 8011 2584 8021 2589 8029

      2595 8025 2596 8023 2601 8020 2603 8018

      2605 8017 2608 8014 2606 8010



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