Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Oct 31, 2011, 12:01 PM EDT (16:01 UTC)

Expired

Oct 31, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Miami-Dade County, FL

319 
WGUS52 KMFL 311601
FFWMFL
FLC086-312100-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0010.111031T1601Z-111031T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1201 PM EDT MON OCT 31 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 1156 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED 
  AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS AND 
  FLORIDA BAY MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH WHICH WILL MOVE INTO MIAMI-DADE 
  COUNTY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
  OFFICIALS AND MEDIA INDICATE THAT FLOODING PERSISTS OVER LARGE
  PARTS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN 
  CORAL GABLES, COCONUT GROVE, MIAMI BEACH, CITY OF MIAMI, PINECREST 
  AND PALMETTO BAY. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WITH POTENTIAL 
  ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF 
  THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON, AGGRAVATING FLOODING CONDITIONS 
  OVER THIS AREA. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CORAL
  GABLES...KENDALL...KEY BISCAYNE...MIAMI...MIAMI BEACH...SOUTH   
  MIAMI...COCONUT GROVE...CUTLER BAY...PALMETTO BAY...PERRINE... 
  PINECREST AND UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS 
AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2567 8015 2566 8016 2568 8018 2574 8017
      2572 8024 2564 8026 2561 8030 2554 8031
      2555 8040 2574 8030 2584 8017 2576 8018
      2575 8016 2584 8014 2586 8015 2588 8012

$$

MOLLEDA

925 
WGUS72 KMFL 311840
FFSMFL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
240 PM EDT MON OCT 31 2011

FLC086-312100-
/O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-111031T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
240 PM EDT MON OCT 31 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...

THIS INCLUDES AREAS FROM NORTH MIAMI BEACH SOUTH TO CUTLER RIDGE 
ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 1 AND I-95. 

STANDING WATERS FROM RECENT RAINS STILL POSE A THREAT FOR AREAS 
WITHIN THE WARNED REGION. ADDITIONALLY, AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS FROM 23 
MILES NORTHWEST OF FLAMINGO TO 30 MILES OR SO WEST OF MIAMI...MOVING 
EAST AROUND 15 MPH. THIS ACTIVITY COULD AFFECT THE WARNED AREA LATER 
THIS AFTERNOON AGGRAVATING ANY EXISTING FLOODING SITUATION. 
THEREFORE THE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH 
MIAMI...UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI...KENDALL...CORAL GABLES...PINECREST...
COCONUT GROVE...CUTLER RIDGE...ORANGE BOWL...MIAMI...PALMETTO BAY...
PERRINE...CUTLER BAY...MIAMI BEACH AND KEY BISCAYNE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF CANALS...
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER 
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 2567 8015 2566 8016 2568 8018 2574 8017
      2572 8024 2564 8026 2561 8030 2554 8031
      2555 8040 2574 8030 2584 8017 2576 8018
      2575 8016 2584 8014 2586 8015 2588 8012

$$

PS

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