000 FPUS72 KMFL 021839 NOWMIA SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 138 PM EST TUE APR 2 2002 FLZ068-072>074-022000- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-MIAMI DADE METROPOLITAN-PALM BEACH EASTERN- WESTERN MIAMI DADE- 138 PM EST TUE APR 2 2002 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 3 PM. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST BROWARD COUNTY AND NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FROM HOLLYWOOD AND DANIA EXTENDING SOUTH TO NORTH MIAMI BEACH AND WEST TO 10 MILES WEST OF MIRAMAR AND PEMBROKE PINES. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE-HALF TO ONE-INCH...BUT LOCALLY UP TO TWO INCHES WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. PERSONS DRIVING IN THESE AREAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON CAN EXPECT LOCAL && STREET FLOODING IN POORLY DRAINED AREAS. $$ AMZ630-650-651-670-671-022000- BISCAYNE BAY-DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF 20 TO 60 NM OUT- DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF OUT 20 NM- JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OUT- JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH OUT 20 NM- 138 PM EST TUE APR 2 2002 .NOW... WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 3 PM. MOVEMENT WILL BE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. BOATERS MAY ENCOUNTER VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LOWER IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS. $$