Alert archive / Florida / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Miami, FL
NWS Miami, FL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2005, 7:26 AM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2005, 7:26 AM EDT (11:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2005, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Miami, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Palm Beach County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS52 KMFL 051130 FFWMFL FLC099-051330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 726 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA * UNTIL 930 AM EDT * AT 721 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN BOCA RATON. REPORT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THAT AREA ALSO INDICATED STREET FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. THE RADAR ALSO INDICATE ADDITIONAL RAIN MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REISSUED FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY THE WATER MAY OBSCURE DEEP CANALS OR PONDS. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI. OR YOU CAN ALSO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI DIRECTLY AT 305.229.4522 TO REPORT FLOODING. LAT...LON 2645 8007 2636 8007 2637 8021 2645 8021 $$ PS
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS72 KMFL 051244 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 839 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 FLC099-051330- PALM BEACH FL- 839 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 830 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NW 2ND AVENUE...BETWEEN 20TH AND 40TH STREET...AND NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE 3000 TO 4000 BLOCK...FLOODED IN BOCA RATON. THEY ALSO REPORTED WATER INTRUDING INTO BUSINESSES AROUND 134 NW 16TH STREET. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THREE HOUR RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE BOCA RATON AREA AND AS HIGH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF BOCA RATON. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA WITH HOURLY RAINFALL RATES JUST ABOVE ONE INCH AND THEREFORE THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...AS WELL AS OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. LAT...LON 2645 8007 2636 8007 2637 8021 2645 8021 $$ PS
000 WGUS72 KMFL 051327 FFSMFL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 921 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 FLC099-051340- PALM BEACH FL- 921 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2005 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930 AM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY... AT 920 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN HAD CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 930 AM. HOWEVER...EARLIER REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT...AROUND 830 AM THIS MORNING...INDICATED NW 2ND AVENUE...BETWEEN 20TH AND 40TH STREET...AND NORTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY BETWEEN THE 3000 TO 4000 BLOCK...FLOODED IN BOCA RATON. THEY ALSO REPORTED WATER INTRUDING INTO BUSINESSES AROUND 134 NW 16TH STREET. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF IT WILL TAKE MORE TIME...EVEN AFTER THE WARNING HAD EXPIRED...FOR THE WATER TO SUBSIDE. SO RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED ALSO TO REMAIN ON THE ALERT. IF ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA...ADDITIONAL URBAN FLOOD ADVISORIES AND/OR FLOOD WARNINGS MIGHT BECOME NECESSARY. LAT...LON 2645 8007 2636 8007 2637 8021 2645 8021 $$ PS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 58 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.