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WGUS72 KMFL 230050

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

743 PM EST TUE JAN 22 2008



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PALM BEACH FL-

743 PM EST TUE JAN 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EST FOR EAST

CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY...



AT 735 PM EST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. A TRAINED 

SPOTTER REPORTED WATER GETTING INTO HOUSES IN THE CORRIDOR WEST OF 

FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND EAST OF CONGRESS AVENUE BETWEEN WOOLBRIGHT AND 

BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 10 INCHES 

OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THIS AREA IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. 



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 2651 8006 2652 8015 2660 8013 2659 8005

TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 180DEG 0KT 2655 8009



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