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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

118 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2001



...THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EASTERN AND NORTHERN PALM BEACH 

COUNTY IS EXTENDED UNTIL 330 PM EDT...



AT 118 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN PALM 

BEACH COUNTY. PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED ALMOST THREE 

QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM AND 

RAIN IS CONTINUING.



THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE WITH A CLUSTER OF STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH AND BOYNTON BEACH NORTH TO LAKE 

WORTH AND WEST PALM BEACH. RAINFALL RATES OF NEARLY 2 INCHES AN HOUR 

ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA.



A SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED ABOUT 6 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE LAST 

NIGHT IN LAKE PARK. THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET 

FLOODING IN THE WEST PALM BEACH AREA.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE ALSO POSSIBLE 

FROM THE RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR A 

SHORT LIVED WATERSPOUT OR TORNADO WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.



THE URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BROWARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 130 

PM EDT AND WILL NOT BE EXTENDED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE NEXT FEW 

HOURS.



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY.

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