Flash Flood Warning issued October 17 at 4:44PM EDT until October 17 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Miami FL
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At 444 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 3.5 and 5.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Margate, Coconut Creek, Parkland, Godfrey Road, Mission Bay, Boca Pointe, Hamptons At Boca Raton, Boca Del Mar, Hillsboro Pines, Hillsboro Ranches, Sandalfoot Cove, Ramblewood East and South County Regional Park. Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- FL, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Broward, FL; Palm Beach, FL
- event
- Flash Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-17T16:44:00-04:00
- states
- ["FL"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-17T16:44:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.236a92d512fd8d82601a865e32f782e424183e40.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b66b9ace2fc5f2d85abdcc67ea243116d5336a32.001.1"]
- instruction
- Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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