Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Sep 22, 2012, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)

Expired

Sep 22, 2012, 5:11 PM EDT

In force

102 min

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Miami-Dade County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

981 
WGUS52 KMFL 221929
FFWMFL
FLC086-222230-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0008.120922T1929Z-120922T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
329 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  A LARGE PORTION OF METROPOLITAN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST     
  FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EXTENDING 
  FROM DOWNTOWN MIAMI SOUTHWEST TO SWEETWATER AND THE KENDAL LAKES 
  AND WEST KENDALL AREA. ALREADY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY 
  HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THESE AREAS. 

  SWEETWATER PD JUST REPORTED THAT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING
  SEVERAL ROADS IN THE AREA...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SW 5TH ST
  AND SW 109TH AVE, SW 114TH AVENUE AND SW 112TH AVENUE BETWEEN 
  NW 7TH AND FLAGLER, AND SW 112TH AVENUE AND 114TH AVENUE BETWEEN
  SW 2ND AND 3RD STREET. ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY. FLOOD
  WATERS WILL LIKELY BEGIN ENTERING HOMES AND BUSINESS IN SOME
  LOCALES.
 
  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI, LOCATED ON FIU MAIN CAMPUS 
  IN SWEETWATER, HAS RECORDED 5.30 INCHES OF RAIN WITH HEAVY RAIN 
  CONTINUING. EXTENSIVE FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON FIU CAMPUS 
  AND SURROUNDING LOCALES, ALONG WITH STALLED OUT VEHICLES. 
 
  ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CORAL
  GABLES...HIALEAH...KENDALL...MIAMI...SOUTH MIAMI...COCONUT GROVE...
  DORAL...KENDALE LAKES..LITTLE HAITI...SWEETWATER...THE
  HAMMOCKS...UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI...WEST KENDALL...WESTCHESTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 2572 8024 2571 8024 2554 8048 2575 8051
      2593 8022 2575 8018

$$

GREGORIA

501 
WGUS72 KMFL 222016
FFSMFL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
416 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012

FLC086-222230-
/O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120922T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
416 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR A 
LARGE PORTION OF METROPOLITAN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IN AND AROUND THE 
DOWNTOWN MIAMI TO SWEETWATER TO WEST KENDALL AREAS...

AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED OVER MOST OF THE WARNED AREA WITH 
AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OCCURRING. HOWEVER, AN ADDITIONAL BAND OF 
HEAVY RAIN HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED FROM THE HOMESTEAD AREA EXTENDING 
INTO THE EVERGLADES. THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING TOWARDS THE 
NORTH NORTHEAST AND POISED TO MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA...AND COULD 
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS 
AFTERNOON.

SWEETWATER PD HAS REPORTED ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED 
TO SW 5TH ST AND SW 109TH AVE, SW 114TH AVENUE AND SW 112TH AVENUE 
BETWEEN NW 7TH AND FLAGLER, AND SW 112TH AVENUE AND 114TH AVENUE 
BETWEEN SW 2ND AND 3RD STREET. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIAMI...
LITTLE HAITI...SWEETWATER...OPA-LOCKA...MIAMI SPRINGS...
MIAMI...LIBERTY CITY...HIALEAH...DORAL...KENDAL LAKES...AND WEST
KENDALL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 2572 8024 2571 8024 2554 8048 2575 8051
      2593 8022 2575 8018

$$

GREGORIA

800 
WGUS72 KMFL 222111
FFSMFL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
511 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012

FLC086-222118-
/O.CAN.KMFL.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120922T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIAMI-DADE FL-
511 PM EDT SAT SEP 22 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY...

THE HEAVY RAINS WHICH AFFECTED THE GREATER MIAMI METROPOLITAN AREA 
HAVE ENDED WITH MOST AREAS NOW RAIN FREE. THE SWEETWATER POLICE 
DEPARTMENT REPORTS ALL ROADS OPEN WITH NO OTHER REPORTS OF SERIOUS 
FLOODING. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE MOVED OFF 
THE COAST. THEREFORE, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2572 8024 2571 8024 2554 8048 2575 8051
      2593 8022 2575 8018

$$

GREGORIA

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