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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

914 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEST PALM BEACH...RIVIERA BEACH...

  LAKE WORTH...JUPITER...DELRAY BEACH...BOYNTON BEACH...



* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT



* AT 904 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE GREATER METROPOLITAN

  WEST PALM BEACH AREA. PUBLIC HAS REPORTED AS MUCH AS 9 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN AT BOYNTON BEACH SINCE LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

  DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS A RAINBAND CONTINUING TO AFFECT EASTERN 

  PALM BEACH COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR 

  OCCURRING BETWEEN LAKE WORTH AND JUPITER. 



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NORTH PALM

  BEACH GENERAL AIRPORT...NORTH PALM BEACH...TEQUESTA...PALM BEACH

  GARDENS AND JUNO BEACH



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN

THE WARNED AREA.



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. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. 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 A SAFER LOCATION IMMEDIATELY.



LAT...LON 2670 8003 2668 8002 2645 8005 2641 8006

      2640 8021 2696 8031 2696 8015 2698 8014

      2698 8007 2681 8002 2677 8003 2678 8005

      2675 8002



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