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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL

1054 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008



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PALM BEACH FL-

1054 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR

EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...



AT 1048 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE WARNED AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORT OF PALM

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

TEQUESTA...RIVIERA BEACH...PALM BEACH GARDENS...JUPITER AND JUNO

BEACH.



THE JUPITER POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED

ACROSS THE AREA. SOME ROADWAYS THAT ARE FLOODED ARE...ALL OF 

CYPRESS DRIVE, CENTER STREET AT ORANGE AVE...RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND 

STATE ROAD 811, AND STATE ROAD 5 AND OCEAN WAY.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER

THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON

FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.



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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