The National Weather Service in Miami has issued an
* Urban Flood Advisory for...
east central Palm Beach County in Southeast Florida...
this includes the cities of... West Palm Beach... Riviera Beach...
* until 1000 am EDT
* at 757 am EDT... radar estimated 1 to over 2 inches of rain had
fallen over the past hour. In addition... this region has received 4
to 8 inches of rain in the past 24 hours.
Heavy rainfall will cause ponding of water in urban areas, highways,
streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage areas and low
lying spots. Runoff will also cause elevated waters levels in canals
and ditches.
Lat... Lon 2664 8003 2664 8004 2674 8023 2683 8017
2683 8003 2680 8003 2666 8003
345 am EDT Tue may 21 2013
... Flood Watch in effect through this evening...
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a
* Flood Watch for a portion of South Florida... including the
following areas... coastal Broward... coastal Miami Dade...
coastal Palm Beach... Metro Broward... Metro Miami Dade and
Metro Palm Beach.
* Through this evening
* excessive rainfall amounts up to nearly 9 inches have fallen
across portions of the East Coast Metro areas over the last 12
to 15 hours resulting in urban flooding. An additional 1 to 2
inches of rainfall is expected over the same area through this
evening with isolated higher amounts possible.
* Main impacts will be street flooding of urban areas due to poor
drainage and saturated soils.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.
