SVSMIA FLC011-086-202300- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 640 PM EDT WED OCT 20 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHEASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES... AT 638 PM EDT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD PRODUCED DAMAGE EARLIER ACROSS PARTS OF BROWARD COUNTY WAS BEING ABSORBED BY A VERY LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING EAST FROM THE EVERGLADES. THE STRONGEST PART OF THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL BE AFFECTING WESTON...THE WESTERN PARTS OF PEMBROKE PINES AND MIRAMAR...WESTERN PARTS OF DAVIE...SOUTHWEST RANCHES...AND NORTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FROM MIAMI LAKES TO CAROL CITY AND AVENTURA. THE CHARACTER OF THIS COMPLEX AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CHANGING...AND THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS MAY BE HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING RATHER THAN HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD POORLY DRAINED AREAS MAKING ROADWAYS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM CANALS AND PONDS. AVOID DRIVING IN WATERS COVERING ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 2617 8009 2617 8029 2568 8047 2558 8005 $$