Heavy rain across central portions of Palm Beach County including the Wellington area produced flooded roads and water approaching a structure.
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Heavy rain across central portions of Palm Beach County including the Wellington area produced flooded roads and water approaching a structure.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 22, 1:55 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 255 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 .DISCUSSION... THE WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AS THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. THE WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON TOWARD LAKE OKEECHOBEE...AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE CWA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER ALL OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. SO WILL KEEP THE POPS IN THE LIKELY TO OCCASIONAL CAT FOR ALL OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD EVEN BE STRONG THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE PRIMARY IMPACTS BE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. A FEW OF THE STORMS ALONG THE WARM COULD COULD EVEN PRODUCE A WEAK TORNADO...DUE TO THE TURING IN THE WINDS ALONG THE FRONT. SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE STRONG STORMS IN THE ZONES AND THE HWO FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWA TONIGHT AND INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL SLOWLY PULL THE WARM FRONT BACK SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SO WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS OVER THE CWA THIS EVENING...THEN TAPPING DOWN LATE TONIGHT FROM THE WEST TO EAST. THE POPS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPPER DOWN ON SUNDAY FROM WEST TO EAST WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN THE MORNING HOURS. THERE COULD ALSO STILL BE SOME STORMS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA. HOWEVER...THE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW STRONG LEVELS DUE TO THE LOW BEING EAST OF THE CWA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES EARLY INTO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE WINDS TO BECOME NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK OVER SOUTH FLORIDA...DUE TO THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH TO THE NORTH AND THE FRONT TO THE SOUTH. THIS WILL ALSO BRING COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO THE AREA FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. LOWS FOR TUESDAY MORNING COULD DROP DOWN INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S OVER THE INTERIOR AREAS TO THE MID TO UPPER 50S COASTAL AREAS...EXCEPT FOR THE WEST COAST METRO AREAS WHERE THEY COULD DROP TO AROUND 50. HIGHS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY COULD FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S OVER MOST AREAS...EXCEPT AROUND 80 SOUTHEAST COASTAL AREAS. .EXTENDED FORECAST... THE HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WILL KEEP THE WINDS EASTERLY DURING THIS TIME. THE SPEEDS WILL ALSO BE BREEZY ALONG THE EAST COAST AREAS WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE INCREASE IN RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST BEACHES. THE WEATHER WILL ALSO REMAIN MOSTLY DRY OVER SOUTH FLORIDA FOR LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... SKIES WILL CONTINUE OVERCAST MOST AREAS THIS EVENING. CIGS WILL FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 3,000 AND 5,000 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE WITH STRONG SURFACE GUSTS. STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING SO ALL EAST COAST TERMINALS EXCEPT KPBI WILL SEE EXTENDED PERIODS OF MVFR CIGS/VSBYS INTO THIS EVENING. SE WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY BECOME SOUTHERLY BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SW THIS EVENING AT EASTERN TERMINALS...WITH WINDS BECOMING SW TO W OVERNIGHT AS WEAK SFC LOW MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. && .MARINE... THE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN MAINLY FROM THE EAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. THE WINDS WILL SWING TO A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TONIGHT BEFORE SWINGING BACK TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION ON SUNDAY...DUE TO THE WARM FRONT GOING NORTH TONIGHT AND THEN COMING BACK SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY. THE SPEEDS WILL REMAIN 5 TO 10 KNOTS TONIGHT...BEFORE INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL THEN REMAIN NORTHERLY EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE INCREASING TO WINDY CONDITIONS...DUE TO THE TIGHTENING OF THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CWA. THE ATLANTIC SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW 6 FEET TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY...BEFORE BUILDING TO 7 FEET NEAR-SHORE AND UP TO 15 FEET IN THE GULF STREAM BY MONDAY NIGHT. THE GULF SIDE SEAS WILL ALSO REMAIN BELOW 6 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...BEFORE INCREASING TO 7 FEET BY MONDAY NIGHT BY MONDAY NIGHT. && .FIRE WEATHER... THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THE 35 PERCENT CRITICAL VALUE ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER...ON MONDAY THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COULD FALL TO NEAR THE 35 PERCENT CRITICAL VALUE OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR AREAS FOR COUPLE OF HOURS. ON TUESDAY WHEN THE DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE CWA FROM THE NORTH...MOST AREAS COULD SEE THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 35 PERCENT. SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS THROUGH LATER FORECAST. && .HYDROLOGY... THE PWAT VALUES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WAS 1.8 TO 2.0 INCHES OVER THE CWA. THIS HIGH PWAT VALUE WILL ALLOW FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA WILL BE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AREAS SEEING 2 TO 4 INCHES. SO WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE ZONES FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHERN MIAMI-DADE AND SOUTHERN BROWARD COUNTIES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LINE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH BROWARD. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FLORIDA KEYS THAT WILL MOVE NORTH INTO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THESE LINES WERE BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AREAS SEEING 3 TO 5 INCHES. SO WILL UP THE FLOOD HAZARD OUTLOOK TO MODERATE CONDITIONS OVER THE MIAMI- DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 65 79 63 77 / 70 50 10 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 67 80 64 79 / 70 60 20 10 MIAMI 68 81 65 80 / 70 60 20 10 NAPLES 64 79 61 77 / 60 40 10 - && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...54/BNB SHORT TERM/AVIATION...65/GS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 308 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-230700- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 308 PM EDT SAT MAR 22 2008 ...HEAVY RAINFALL BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE INTO THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RISK OF URBAN AND STREET FLOODING SAME AREAS... ...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALL AREAS INTO TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTH FLORIDA WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY INTO THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL, BUT HEAVY RAINFALL IS THE MAIN THREAT. LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS A DANGER WITH ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS. FLOODING: HEAVY RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES INTO THIS EVENING AS SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS. RAINFALL WAS HEAVIEST IN A BAND FROM SOUTHERN HOLLYWOOD TO PEMBROKE PINES, MIRAMAR, HIALEAH AND DORAL THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF ROADS AND URBAN AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS OF UNKNOWN WATER DEPTH. WIND: A FEW OF THE STORMS TODAY COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH. HAIL: SMALL HAIL TO AROUND DIME SIZE IS POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS TODAY. TORNADOES: AN ISOLATED BRIEF AND WEAK TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. WATERSPOUTS: WITH THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK FOR WATERSPOUT FORMATION OVER ALL OF THE LOCAL WATERS. RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY DUE TO A CONTINUED ONSHORE WIND, THOUGH LIGHTER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. IT IS ADVISED TO SWIM AT BEACHES WHERE A LIFEGUARD IS PRESENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MARINE OUTLOOK: WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO BUILDING SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM TO AROUND 7 FEET BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GULF STREAM SEAS THEN WILL CONTINUE HAZARDOUS THROUGH TUESDAY. RIP CURRENT OUTLOOK: THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST, INCREASING THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AS WINDS BECOME EASTERLY WHILE INCREASING. TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK: LOW TEMPERATURES MAY DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES TUESDAY MORNING, WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE MID 30S POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES, ANY FLOODING, AND WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. STRASSBERG
The Miami radar (KAMX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain across the Wellington area produced multiple reports of knee deep water in yards and across roadways.
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