Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 26, 2005, 12:44 AM EDT (04:44 UTC)

Expired

Aug 26, 2005, 7:00 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Miami-Dade County, FL

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000 
WGUS52 KMFL 260445
FFWMFL
FLC086-261100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1244 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT

* AT 1240 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
MODERATELY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO TRACK REPEATEDLY ACROSS SOUTHERN 
AND CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. RADAR AND RAIN GAUGE DATA INDICATE 
THAT AS MUCH AS 10 TO 14 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED FROM KEY 
BISCAYNE TO HOMESTEAD THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNED AREA BY MORNING. THIS 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL EXACERBATE THE ONGOING SIGNIFICANT 
FLOODING. 

A FEW OF THE LOCATIONS AT GREATEST RISK FOR CONTINUED FLOODING ARE...

KEY BISCAYNE...PERRINE...COUNTRY WALK...CUTLER RIDGE...PRINCETON...
NARANJA...HOMESTEAD...FLORIDA CITY...AND THE REDLANDS.

SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL CANALS WERE 
OVERFLOWING. MEDIA AND PUBLIC REPORTS ALSO INDICATE WIDESPREAD 
FLOODING OF STREETS WITH WATER ENTERING STRUCTURES IN SOME AREAS.

A FEW MAJOR ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE WITH THIS EVENT. 
WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF UNPROTECTED STRUCTURES OR BUILDINGS ALONG WITH
MAJOR AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE ARE LIKELY. THE FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE 
SIMILAR TO THAT CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRENE IN OCTOBER OF 1999.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS...PONDS...OR 
WASHED OUT ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 2511 8085 2522 8024 2576 8015 2574 8081

$$

HANDEL

000 
WGUS72 KMFL 260728 CCA
FFSMFL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
320 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

FLC086-261100-
MIAMI-DADE FL-
320 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

AT 317 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR.

AS TROPICAL STORM KATRINA CONTINUES TO MOVE FARTHER TO THE 
WEST...THE RAIN BANDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WITH ADDITIONAL 
AMOUNTS OF ABOUT ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES 
THAT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES HAS 
OCCURRED FROM CORAL GABLES TO KENDALL LAKES EXTENDING SOUTH WITH A 
MAXIMUM OF 15 INCHES FROM PERRINE TO GOULDS TO HOMESTEAD.

THIS IS POTENTIALLY A VERY SIGNIFICANT FLOOD SITUATION. THIS AMOUNT 
OF RAIN COULD RESULT IN EXTENSIVE FLOODING ACROSS SOUTH  
FLORIDA...SIMILAR TO THAT EXPERIENCE WITH HURRICANE IRENE IN 1999 
AND THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE OF OCTOBER 2 2000.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING 
OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...AS WELL AS OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS 
AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS AND MAY IMPACT NUMEROUS STRUCTURES.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS.

LAT...LON 2511 8085 2522 8024 2576 8015 2574 8081

$$

BRABANDER

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