Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Miami, FL

Issued

Aug 27, 2012, 1:40 PM EDT (17:40 UTC)

Expired

Aug 27, 2012, 4:30 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), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS52 KMFL 271740
FFWMFL
FLC011-099-272030-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FF.W.0006.120827T1740Z-120827T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
140 PM 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 430 PM EDT

* AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A PERSISTENT BAND OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER THE EAST COAST     
  METRO AND COASTAL AREAS STREAMING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THIS BAND   
  WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO IMPACT THESE AREAS THROUGH AT LEAST THE    
  MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAINFALL RATES RANGING FROM 1 TO 3    
  INCHES EVERY TWO HOURS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS TIME.  

* 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 2600 8012 2600 8035 2696 8055 2697 8007
      2680 8003 2663 8003 2660 8004 2659 8003

$$

060 
WGUS72 KMFL 271821
FFSMFL

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
221 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

FLC011-099-272030-
/O.CON.KMFL.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120827T2030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BROWARD FL-PALM BEACH FL-
221 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN PALM BEACH AND EASTERN BROWARD COUNTIES...

AT 218 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN BROWARD 
COUNTY JUST WEST OF PINE ISLAND ROAD WITH 12 TO 13 INCHES OF WATER 
FLOWING INTO HOMES. THE LATEST RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM RADAR 
INDICATE RAINFALL RATES AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CONTINUING 
OVER THE SAME AREA. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GOLDEN
LAKES...PORT OF PALM BEACH...NORTH COUNTY AIRPORT...NORTH PALM
BEACH...WEST PALM BEACH...WELLINGTON...TEQUESTA...ROYAL PALM BEACH...
RIVIERA BEACH...PALM BEACH GARDENS...PALM BEACH...LION COUNTRY
SAFARI...LAKE WORTH...JUPITER...JUNO BEACH...HAVERHILL AND GREENACRES
CITY

LAT...LON 2600 8012 2600 8035 2696 8055 2697 8007
      2680 8003 2663 8003 2660 8004 2659 8003

$$

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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.