BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — If you are making plans to be outside this evening in South Palm Beach County, you may want to make a backup plan: the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the area, and strong storms are in the forecast.
While it is sunny mid-day throughout much of the area, gusty storms with lightning are expected over the next several hours.
Here's the official run down:
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES…GUSTY WINDS…AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS.
FLOODING: GIVEN SATURATED SOILS FROM PREVIOUS HEAVY RAINS,
ISOLATED STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE
LIKELY THROUGH TODAY WITH ANY HEAVIER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.
WIND: WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A DRIER AIR MASS WILL FILTER INTO THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA ON MONDAY
IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSING FRONT. DEEPER MOISTURE WILL THEN RETURN
BY MIDWEEK BRINGING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO DEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS
THE EAST COAST BEACHES AS EASTERLY WINDS RETURN DUE TO A RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…
WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED, HOWEVER
INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND, HAIL AND
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
MIAMI.
FOR MORE INFORMATION…VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
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