Flood Watch For South Florida!

[cyclonaut]

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
240 PM EDT THU JUN 9 2005

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA

* UNTIL FRIDAY EVENING

* TROPICAL STORM ARLENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE A VERY FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR HEAVY RAINS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA...BUT ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHWEST GULF COASTAL AREAS INCLUDING NAPLES AND MARCO ISLAND. 3 TO 5 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS OVER AND OVER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPIRAL BANDS. EVEN ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL COUNTIES INCLUDING METRO MIAMI...FORT LAUDERDALE...AND WEST PALM BEACH...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT TIME WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE
FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL AND FLOODING. PERSONS WITH POTENTIAL PROBLEMS FROM
FLOODING SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION SHOULD FLOODING BEGIN OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

[StormChasr]

Doesn't take a tropical cyclone for Florida to get flood warnings.

[Aquawind]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/loop/DS.p ... kamx.shtml = tonight alright..

Paul

[cyclonaut]

Doesn't take a tropical cyclone for Florida to get flood warnings.

I think I know that.

But this is related to a tropical storm & this is the Tropics Forum so there it is.

[Brent]

Shocking.

[HURAKAN]

H2O RULES!