Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 27, 2012, 11:10 AM EDT (15:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Miami, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Broward County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The Miami radar (KAMX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 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.

828 
WGUS52 KMFL 271510
FFWMFL
FLC011-099-271800-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0005.120827T1510Z-120827T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1110 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 1108 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SETTING UP OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS    
  STREAMING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THIS BAND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO   
  IMPACT THESE AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS.     
  RAINFALL RATES RANGING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES EVERY TWO HOURS WILL     
  REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS TIME. AS OF 1100 AM EDT...IMPACTS     
  CONSIST OF ROAD CLOSURES AS WELL AS CANAL LEVELS APPROACHING       
  MAXIMUM CAPACITY AROUND THE WELLINGTON AREA IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS         
  EXTENDING SOUTH FROM NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY TO THE BROWARD     
  AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LINE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
FLOOD WARNING AREA.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.

LAT...LON 2604 8011 2601 8014 2602 8015 2601 8017
      2600 8046 2696 8056 2696 8015 2698 8014
      2698 8008 2680 8003 2666 8003

$$

597 
WGUS72 KMFL 271542
FFSMFL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1142 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

FLC011-099-271800-
/O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120827T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BROWARD FL-PALM BEACH FL-
1142 AM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL PALM BEACH AND EASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES...

AT 1131 AM EDT...THE MEDIA REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN 
LAUDERHILL AND PINE BOULEVARD IN BROWARD COUNTY. IN 
ADDITION...STREET FLOODING IN THE AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE HAS ALSO 
BEEN REPORTED IN BROWARD. THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS INDICATED THIS 
PERSISTENT BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SLIGHT SHIFTING WEST AWAY FROM THE 
IMMEDIATE COAST. AS A RESULT...THE WARNING COVERAGE AREA HAS BEEN 
ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.   

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH COUNTY
AIRPORT...LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE...WELLINGTON...ROYAL
PALM BEACH AND LION COUNTRY SAFARI

LAT...LON 2695 8013 2677 8017 2660 8019 2605 8018
      2602 8018 2603 8020 2601 8020 2600 8046
      2696 8056 2696 8015 2698 8014

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.