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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1131 PM EDT FRI MAR 22 2024
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PALM BEACH FL-
1131 PM EDT FRI MAR 22 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT SATURDAY
FOR EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...
AT 1131 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
MOVED EAST OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER, MODERATE RAINS CONTINUE
OVER THE WARNING AREA THAT CAN STILL PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ON TOP OF THE ALREADY 3 AND 5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM THE EARLY THUNDERSTORMS. LAW ENFORCEMENT
ALSO REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA FLASH FLOODING ON SOUTHERN BLVD NEAR
WASHINGTON RD. 4 CARS ARE STALLED OUT IN HIGH WATERS. FLASH FLOODING
IS ONGOING IN THE AREA.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
WEST PALM BEACH, BOYNTON BEACH, DELRAY BEACH, LAKE WORTH, PALM
BEACH, OCEAN RIDGE, GREENACRES, PALM SPRINGS, LANTANA, ATLANTIS,
HAVERHILL, CLOUD LAKE, GUN CLUB ESTATES, PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, VILLAGE OF GOLF, ROYAL PALM ESTATES, LAKE BELVEDERE
ESTATES, DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH, DUNES ROAD AND SCHALL CIRCLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 2647 8006 2647 8016 2672 8014 2673 8002
2650 8000 2650 8001 2649 8003 2649 8004
2649 8005 2650 8005 2648 8006
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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