Active Alerts Melrose Park, FL

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flooddeaths occur in vehicles.Keep children away from storm drains, culverts, creeks and streams.Water levels can rise rapidly and sweep children away.Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or lawenforcement and request they pass this information to the NationalWeather Service when you can do so safely.

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.* WHERE...A portion of southeast Florida, including the followingcounties, Broward and Palm Beach.* WHEN...Until 430 PM EDT.* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.Water over roadways. Overflowing poor drainage areas.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...- At 225 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due tothunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to beginshortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rainhave fallen.- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expectedover the area. This additional rain will result in minorflooding.- Some locations that will experience flooding include...Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach,Margate, Lighthouse Point, Coconut Creek, Parkland, HillsboroBeach, Boca Pointe, Boca Del Mar, Godfrey Road, Hamptons AtBoca Raton, Mission Bay, Hillsboro Ranches, Sandalfoot Cove,Hillsboro Pines, North Pompano Beach, Boca West and Fau SouthCampus.- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood