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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

907 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2008



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PALM BEACH FL-

907 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...



AT 859 PM EDT...DELRAY BEACH POLICE IS STILL REPORTING SOME STREETS

FLOODED IN THE AREA FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS ALSO SHOWING SOME MODERATE

RAINS OVER LION COUNTRY SAFARI MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

THESE MODERATE RAINS COULD MOVE INTO THE DELRAY BEACH AREA...AND PRODUCE

AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL. THIS WILL CONTINUE

TO EXACERBATE THE FLOODING PROBLEM IN THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR

SOUTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE

SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



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.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.



LAT...LON 2642 8007 2642 8017 2650 8017 2649 8006

TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 180DEG 0KT 2646 8011



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