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flood watch
national weather service miami fl
208 pm edt thu aug 12 2004
...flood watch in effect for all of south florida tonight and
friday...
the national weather service in miami has issued a flood watch for
the areas of hendry...glades...palm beach...collier...broward...
mainland monroe and miami-dade. the watch is in effect until 800 pm
edt friday evening.
hurricane charley will be moving into the southeast gulf of mexico
late tonight and should pass west of south florida on friday. all of
south florida will be on the east side of the storm...which is a
favorable location for very heavy rains.
at this time...the national weather service forecast office in miami
is expecting 4 to 8 inches of rainfall with local amounts to 10
inches over the gulf coastal area including mainland monroe and
collier counties through saturday morning. farther inland...over the
lake okeechobee region including glades and hendry counties...3 to 5
inches of rainfall with local amounts as high as 6 inches are
expected. over the metro areas of palm beach...broward...and dade
counties...2 to 4 inches of rain can be expected through saturday
morning with local amounts as high as 5 inches.
any deviation in the track of hurricane charley can make a big
difference in the amount of rain that occurs over south florida.
should the track of charley actually be farther west...rainfall
amounts would be less than currently forecast. if charley moves east
of the current forecast...heavier rainfall totals would occur
farther east.
tropical cyclones can produce torrential amounts of rainfall in a
short time. in particular...spiral bands associated with tropical
cyclones can cause training of thunderstorms across the same location
for several hours producing excessive rainfall and flooding. persons
with potential problems from flooding should take precautions now to
protect property.
a flood watch means that conditions are favorable for
heavy...possibly flash flood producing...rains in the watch area.
monitor noaa weather radio and local television and radio. heed the
advice of local officials.
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national weather service miami fl
247 pm edt thu aug 12 2004
glades-hendry-
247 pm edt thu aug 12 2004
...inland tropical storm wind watch...
the national weather service in miami has issued an inland tropical
storm wind watch for glades and hendry counties of south florida. an
inland tropical storm wind watch is issued when sustained winds
near tropical storm strength...or frequent gusts at or above tropical
storm strength...are possible within 24 to 36 hours.
hurricane charley will be entering the southeast gulf of mexico
tonight and moving north through the gulf just west of south florida
friday. winds will be increasing across glades and hendry counties
after sunrise friday and could reach tropical storm strength...40
mph...with gusts as high as 50 mph...around noon friday. tropical
storm force winds could last through the afternoon decreasing again
around sunset friday evening.
high profile or light weight vehicles will become very difficult to
drive when the winds increase. truckers who would normally use u.s.
highway 27 through glades and hendry counties on friday should
consider alternate routes farther east to avoid the stronger winds.
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