FFWMIA
FLC021-291900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1153 AM EDT MON SEP 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 1153 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NAPLES REGION SINCE EARLY 
THIS MORNING...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE EVERGLADES CITY 
AND ROCK ISLAND REGION OVER WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT WATER WAS ENTERING 
INTO THE COASTLAND MALL SHOPPING CENTER IN NAPLES...AND THAT MANY 
ROADWAYS IN THE NAPLES...NORTH NAPLES...AND GOLDEN GATES REGIONS 
WERE CLOSED DUE TO STANDING WATERS.

SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FROM THE 
GULF OF MEXICO NORTHWARD OVER WESTERN COLLIER COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM. 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR FROM 
THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU
ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY.

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305 229 4522 TO REPORT
FLOODING.

LAT...LON 2636 8134 2579 8126 2595 8175 2630 8186

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