Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Oct 28, 2011, 11:33 PM EDT (03:33 UTC)

Expired

Oct 29, 2011, 2:30 AM 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), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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573 
WGUS52 KMFL 290333
FFWMFL
FLC099-290630-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0003.111029T0333Z-111029T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1133 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...
  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF VILLAGE OF GOLF...BOYNTON BEACH 
  AND LAKE WORTH...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING FROM LAKE WORTH TO BOYNTON BEACH.
  DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
  IN THE VILLAGE OF GOLF AND BOYNTON BEACH AREA. ADDITIONAL 
  HEAVY RAIN IS BUILDING TO THE SOUTH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS 
  THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT
  IN SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING AND SOME STRUCTURAL FLOODING
  IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 2655 8004 2647 8005 2648 8022 2667 8008
      2668 8003 2663 8003 2662 8004 2661 8003
      2660 8004 2659 8003 2655 8003

$$

GREGORIA

516 
WGUS72 KMFL 290507
FFSMFL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
107 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

FLC099-290630-
/O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-111029T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PALM BEACH FL-
107 AM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...

AT 1256 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA  INCLUDING
THE VILLAGE OF GOLF....BOYNTON BEACH...AND GULF STREAM AREAS. 
AROUND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE GULF STREAM AREA...LIKELY 
LEADING TO STREET FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2655 8004 2647 8005 2648 8022 2667 8008
      2668 8003 2663 8003 2662 8004 2661 8003
      2660 8004 2659 8003 2655 8003

$$

GREGORIA

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.