FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 5:00PM EDT

Flood Statement National Weather Service Miami FL 1045 AM EDT Fri Sep 28 2001

... Flood Watch This Afternoon Through Saturday...

A Broad Low Pressure Area Has Continued To Slowly Develop Over The Southeast Gulf Of Mexico This Morning. Combined With A Stalled Frontal Boundary To The North Of South Florida Along With Ample Moisture In The Atmosphere, The Potential For Heavy Rain Over South Florida Will Persist For The Next 36 Hours.

The Soil In South Florida Has Already Been Saturated. Most Of South Florida Received Rainfall Thursday, Some With Notable Amounts. Some Of Those Notable Amounts, Based On Observations And South Florida Water Management District Rain Gauges, Were Oakland Park, 3.03; Miami International Airport, 2.69; Hialeah, 2.52; Delray Beach, 2.51; Boynton Beach And Pompano Beach, 2.44; Lauderdale Lakes, 2.07; And Boca Raton With 1.92. Many Other Locations Recorded Between One To Two Inches.

Over The Next 36 Hours, Widespread Rainfall Of 3 To 6 Inches Will Be Possible Across South Florida With Local Amounts To 8 Inches Possible.

All Should Stay Tuned To Noaa Weather Radio, Or Commercial Radio And Television Stations For Later Statements And Possible Warnings.

[I am looking at the radar, and there is a big storm coming up towards me from Homestead. May be here in about an hour.]

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

Answers

Oh man, you must have thick moss all over your north side with all the rain lately.

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

yep! sure do. off to work now. see y'all later in the am.

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

Y'all can borrow my canoe. When the rainy season starts in Ohio, I'll be able to float it down to FL.

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

Better send that canoe by overnight mail, Meems. Looks like Barefoot is about to get a spitload of yellow with some blothces of orange.

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

OH! It is WET, WET, WET. Doppler looks like some kid spilled all the yellow and orange tempra during art class. Barefoot, one white fiberglass canoe comin' at you.

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001