Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 9:14 AM EDT (13:14 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 12:15 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

000 
WGUS52 KMFL 191314
FFWMFL
FLC099-191615-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0007.080819T1314Z-080819T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
914 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST PALM BEACH...RIVIERA BEACH...
  LAKE WORTH...JUPITER...DELRAY BEACH...BOYNTON BEACH...

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 904 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE GREATER METROPOLITAN
  WEST PALM BEACH AREA. PUBLIC HAS REPORTED AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAS FALLEN AT BOYNTON BEACH SINCE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. 
  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A RAINBAND CONTINUING TO AFFECT EASTERN 
  PALM BEACH COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR 
  OCCURRING BETWEEN LAKE WORTH AND JUPITER. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH PALM
  BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT...NORTH PALM BEACH...TEQUESTA...PALM BEACH
  GARDENS AND JUNO BEACH

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNED AREA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 2670 8003 2668 8002 2645 8005 2641 8006
      2640 8021 2696 8031 2696 8015 2698 8014
      2698 8007 2681 8002 2677 8003 2678 8005
      2675 8002

$$

DG

000 
WGUS72 KMFL 191454
FFSMFL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1054 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

FLC099-191615-
/O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080819T1615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PALM BEACH FL-
1054 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...

AT 1048 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORT OF PALM
BEACH...NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT...NORTH PALM BEACH...
TEQUESTA...RIVIERA BEACH...PALM BEACH GARDENS...JUPITER AND JUNO
BEACH.

THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED
ACROSS THE AREA. SOME ROADWAYS THAT ARE FLOODED ARE...ALL OF 
CYPRESS DRIVE, CENTER STREET AT ORANGE AVE...RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND 
STATE ROAD 811, AND STATE ROAD 5 AND OCEAN WAY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2670 8003 2668 8002 2645 8005 2641 8006
      2640 8021 2696 8031 2696 8015 2698 8014
      2698 8007 2681 8002 2677 8003 2678 8005
      2675 8002

$$

DG

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