FFAMIA
FLZ063-066>075-252200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
505 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

...A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR
THE COUNTIES OF HENDRY...GLADES...PALM BEACH...COLLIER...BROWARD...
MAINLAND MONROE AND MIAMI-DADE. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM
EDT SUNDAY EVENING.

SQUALLS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ASHORE ALONG THE METRO ATLANTIC COAST 
AROUND THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN INCREASE IN FREQUENCY AND DURATION 
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL 
LIKELY OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY BUT MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. FORECAST STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
THROUGH MONDAY ACROSS PALM BEACH...BROWARD...GLADES...AND HENDRY
COUNTIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AS
HIGH AS 12 INCHES NEAR WHERE THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JEANNE PASSES.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THE THREAT OF FLOODING EXISTS WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN AND NEAR THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.


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