Metro Palm Beach County

... 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.

... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Fort Lauderdale...

a record rainfall of 4.86 inch(es) was set at Fort Lauderdale yesterday.
This breaks the old record of 2.04 set in 1981.

05/20/2013 1148 am

Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

Heavy rain m4.30 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            Trained spotter reported 4.3 inches of rainfall so far
            today. Location... near Glades Rd and Lyons Rd




05/20/2013 1206 PM

Palm Beach, Palm Beach County.

Flood, reported by law enforcement.


            Palm Beach Sheriffs Office reported flooding roads near
            park High School... jog Road and lechalet.




05/20/2013 1045 PM

Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

Heavy rain m8.55 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            A total of 8.55 inches of rain measured at the
            intersection of Glades and Lyons roads.




05/20/2013 1206 PM

Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

Flood, reported by trained spotter.


            Spotter reported flooding roadway at Glades Road and
            Turnpike exit ramp... water up to bottom of vehicle




05/20/2013 1206 PM

Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County.

Flood, reported by trained spotter.


            Spotter in Boynton Beach reported Road flooding at...
            Oakwood Lakes and Silver Lakes Lane




05/20/2013 1253 PM

Palm Beach, Palm Beach County.

Flood, reported by law enforcement.


            Palm Beach Sheriffs Office reported severe flooding at
            the following locations... Haverhill Road and okeeechobee
            Blvd... military trail and Okeechobee Blvd, Lake Shore
            drive at Lake Park... Davis Road and Kirk Road.




05/20/2013 0252 PM

Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

Heavy rain m8.05 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            Spotter in west Boca Raton... Glades/Lyons storm total so
            far with rain beginning to abate... 8.05 inches




05/20/2013 1045 PM

Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

Heavy rain m8.55 inch, reported by trained spotter.






05/20/2013 0252 PM

Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

Heavy rain m8.05 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            Spotter in west Boca Raton... Glades/Lyons storm total so
            far with rain beginning to abate... 8.05 inches





05/20/2013 1253 PM

Palm Beach, Palm Beach County.

Flood, reported by law enforcement.


            Palm Beach Sheriffs Office reported severe flooding at
            the following locations... Haverhill Road and okeeechobee
            Blvd... military trail and Okeechobee Blvd, Lake Shore
            drive at Lake Park... Davis Road and Kirk Road.





05/20/2013 1206 PM

Palm Beach, Palm Beach County.

Flood, reported by law enforcement.


            Palm Beach Sheriffs Office reported flooding roads near
            park High School... jog Road and lechalet.




05/20/2013 1206 PM

Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County.

Flood, reported by trained spotter.


            Spotter in Boynton Beach reported Road flooding at...
            Oakwood Lakes and Silver Lakes Lane




05/20/2013 1206 PM

Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

Flood, reported by trained spotter.


            Spotter reported flooding roadway at Glades Road and
            Turnpike exit ramp... water up to bottom of vehicle





05/20/2013 1148 am

Boca Raton, Palm Beach County.

Heavy rain m4.30 inch, reported by trained spotter.


            Trained spotter reported 4.3 inches of rainfall so far
            today. Location... near Glades Rd and Lyons Rd