Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Sep 25, 2004, 10:30 PM EDT (02:30 UTC)

Expired

Sep 26, 2004, 2:30 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Palm Beach County, FL

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000 
WGUS52 KMFL 260230
FFWMIA
FLC099-260630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1030 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE JEANNE MOVING  
  ONSHORE BETWEEN JUPITER INLET AND WEST PALM BEACH. 

* RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE FALLING  
  NEAR JUPITER INLET. NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY FROM THE            
  COASTLINE TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE CAN EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO     
  FOUR INCHES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS JEANNE MOVES WEST.      
  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...AND FLOODING OF POORLY        
  DRAINED AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY.

A FEW MAIN ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE WITH THIS EVENT.
MODERATE FLOODING OF UNPROTECTED STRUCTURES OR BUILDINGS ALONG WITH
MODERATE AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE ARE LIKELY. THE FLOODING WILL LIKELY BE
SIMILAR TO THAT CAUSED BY TROPICAL STORM GORDON IN NOVEMBER OF 1994.

TRAVEL IN HURRICANE CONDITIONS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO VERY 
HIGH WINDS AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. CANALS MAY NOT BE 
DISTINGUISHABLE FROM ROADWAYS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 2695 8011 2693 8060 2676 8068 2673 8087
      2637 8086 2640 8015

$$

EC

000 
WGUS72 KMFL 260416
FFSMIA
FLC099-260630-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1215 AM EDT SUN SEP 26 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR PALM BEACH
COUNTY...

AT MIDNIGHT EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A RAINBAND PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER PALM BEACH 
COUNTY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LAKE WORTH...WELLINGTON...BELLE 
GLADE...AND PAHOKEE. RADAR INDICATES THAT STORM TOTAL RAINFALL 
ESTIMATES OF 6 TO 8 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THIS AREA. MOST OF THAT 
RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE LAST 3 HOURS. THESE VERY INTENSE RAIN 
SQUALLS WILL REPEATEDLY TRACK OVER PALM BEACH COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 
SEVERAL HOURS AS HURRICANE JEANNE MOVES INLAND JUST TO THE NORTH. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN 
WATER BEGINS RISING.

AVOID VENTURING OUTSIDE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 
THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR 
PONDS AND COULD WASH OUT ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 2694 8007 2693 8060 2676 8068 2673 8087
      2637 8086 2640 8007 2665 8002

$$
HANDEL

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