5 hours of record rainfall as Palm Beach County floods again in Florida

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Record levels of rain have once again inundated areas of south east Florida. Parts of Palm Beach county were badly affected, in particular the city of West Palm Beach where roads were blocked and several cars stranded in the flood water.

National Weather Service recorded the following rainfall levels:

Port of Palm Beach - 9.13 inches (230 mm)

Palm Beach - 8.21 inches (208 mm)

Riviera Beach - 5.49 (140 mm)

Lake Worth - 3.32 (84 mm)

Palm Beach Airport - 2.64 (67 mm)

Further north, NWS reported that by around 2.30 pm as much as 1.26" (32 mm) of rain had fallen at Vero Beach Airport. This breaks the record for the day, which was 0.97″ set in 1947.

Flooding on Flagler. Photo: MaryAnn Jones http://ift.tt/1rgRE1Y

- Tyler Mauldin (@TyTheWeatherGuy) October 21, 2014

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West Palm Beach #flooding (pic by John Jamason). #flwx #wpbstorms http://ift.tt/1FDEnKL

- NWS Miami (@NWSMiami) October 21, 2014

Over 8" of rain leads to severe flooding in West Palm Beach, Florida http://t.co/c05g9Va36k #NBCNightlyNews http://ift.tt/1rgRE22

- NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) October 21, 2014

More Heavy Rain to Come

More rain is expected over the next few days. According to National Weather Service, "deep tropical moisture will combine with a frontal boundary, currently stalled across central south Florida, to produce heavy rainfall each day through the end of the week".

Flood Warnings

The National Weather Service announced a flash flood warning for areas of Palm Beach County which has since been removed. However and southern Florida. Earlier today they said: NWS have made a statement regading potential flooding for today 22 October 2014.

There is a potential for urban flooding today, mainly in the east coast metro areas, that have already received heavy rain over the last couple of days.