NPWMIA

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL...UPDATE...
600 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004

FLZ074-131400-
MIAMI-DADE METROPOLITAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MIAMI
600 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004

UPDATE TO ADD ADDITIONAL ROAD CLOSURES

...A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN METRO 
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNTIL 1000 AM...

THE FLORIDA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL HAS CLOSED SEVERAL ROADWAYS IN 
WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THIS MORNING. SMOKE FROM SMOLDERING FIRES 
HAS THICKENED AS ESSENTIALLY NO WIND HAS BLOWN THROUGH THE NIGHT TO 
DISPERSE THE SMOKE. 

KROME AVENUE HAS BEEN CLOSED FROM THE TAMIAMI TRAIL NORTH TO 
OKEECHOBEE ROAD. THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE HAS BEEN CLOSED...NORTH AND 
SOUTH BOUND...FROM NORTHWEST 41ST STREET NORTH TO GRAND PARK OR 
NORTHWEST 106TH STREET. THE DON SHULA EXPRESSWAY HAS BEEN CLOSED 
FROM THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE EAST TO 107TH AVENUE. VISIBILITIES MAY 
BE BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS IN THIS PORTION OF MIAMI-DADE 
COUNTY. 

MOTORISTS TRAVELING IN WESTERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AROUND THE DORAL 
AREA AND AROUND THE DOLPHIN MALL NEED TO USE CAUTION AS VISIBILITIES 
CAN BE REDUCED SUDDENLY! 

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.

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