Event narrative (NOAA)
Intense thunderstorms began to develop over the east coast metropolitan area of Palm Beach County during the evening hours and began to train across the same areas for the next several hours. As a result, high rainfall amounts were observed from Delray Beach to Jupiter. The heaviest rain fell from about 8 PM to Midnight. The area from Kings Point to Boynton Beach, Hypoluxo and Town of Palm Beach received the heaviest amounts of 10 to 20 inches, with the maximum amount reported from a mesonet site in Boynton Beach just east of I-95 and north of Gateway Boulevard receiving an astonishing 22.21 inches in about a 6-hour period. Other reports were 16.03 inches just southwest of Palm Beach, 15.04 inches at Lantana and 13.13 inches at Boynton Beach. These heavy rainfall amounts also resulted in s
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.