Flooding in South Florida

Rainy radar picture for South Florida
Rainy radar picture for South Florida
Photo credit: 
SFWMD


Widespread rain is continuing across South Florida.  This has prompted the National Weather Service to issue warnings and advisories including a Flash Flood Warning in and around Davie.  For the latest check http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/.


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1226 PM EST MON FEB 1 2010


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A


* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES

THE CITY OF DAVIE.


* UNTIL 315 PM EST


* AT 1220 PM EST...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN THE WARNED AREA AS

RAINFALL REPORTS OF 6.50 INCHES AT COOPER CITY...5.78 AT ARCHBISHOP

MCCARTHY HIGH SCHOOL...2.71 AT WESTON AND 3.35 AT PASADENA LAKES AT

1220 PM. REPORTS OF WATER 2 FEET DEEP HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MANY

PARKS IN THE AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE APPROACHING SOME

RESIDENCES.


* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NOVA

SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY...SOUTHWEST RANCHES AND COOPER CITY


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN

AREAS...HIGHWAYS AND STREETS AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW

LYING SPOTS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN!


A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY.

 


If you would like to see rainfall totals closer to your home in South Florida, check out the observation sites from South Florida Water Management https://my.sfwmd.gov/.




http://www.wsvn.com/weather/radar/


http://www.zoomradar.com/


http://miami.justweather.com/radar/


http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Map.aspx


http://weather.cbs4.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?brand=cbs4V3&query=33128


http://weather.cbs4.com/auto/cbs4V3/Region/Southeast/2xRadar.html?gimg=http://llnw.radar.cbslocal.com/anim/wfor/radar_anim.gif>itle=CBS4%20Realtime%20Radar


http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=amx&product=N0R&overlay=11101111&loop=no


http://www.weather.com/outlook/homeandgarden/garden/map/interactive/33138?from=36hr_maps&zoom=8&interactiveMapLayer=radar


 

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Meteorologist Rob Jones grew up in Florida chasing hurricanes and knows our weather. His TV weathercasts were seen nationwide while at NBC WeatherPlus, and locally he has forecasted in both South Florida and Tampa Bay.

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