Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Jun 9, 1997, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 1997, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KMIA 100101
FFWMIA
FLC025-100300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
859 PM EDT MON JUN 9 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY
 
...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN DADE
COUNTY...
 
REPORTS FROM VARIOUS OBSERVERS INDICATE BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY DURING THE
PAST 18 HOURS... MOST OF IT WITHIN THE PAST 6 TO 8 HOURS.  METRO
DADE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS STREETS IN SAGA BAY IMPASSIBLE.
OTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF CANALS AT BANKFULL AND BACK
YARDS BEGINNING TO FLOOD... AS WELL AS STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
WITH STANDING WATER.  RADAR INDICATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN PER HOUR ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THIS AREA
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
THE EXTREME SOUTH EDGE OF THE AREA OF RAIN RUNS FROM FLORIDA BAY
ACROSS EXTREME SOUTH DADE COUNTY INTO THE ATLANTIC.  THE SOUTH
EDGE OF THIS AREA HAS REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY FOR THE PAST
FEW HOURS WITH PATCHES OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE SAME AREA.
 
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN DADE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD WIDESPREAD
FLOODING DEVELOP.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS
OF PONDING WATER ON UNKNOWN DEPTH.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED,
ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP OR TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.