what to expect in S palm beach county

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what to expect in S palm beach county

#1 Postby boca » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:23 am

what kind of conditions should I expect in Boca Raton.I have a 7Knot wind time to take the shutters down. Just a bad thunderstorm.
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Re: what to expect in S palm beach county

#2 Postby jlauderdal » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:26 am

boca wrote:what kind of conditions should I expect in Boca Raton.I have a 7Knot wind time to take the shutters down. Just a bad thunderstorm.

power outages, big street flooding and 60-80 mph winds. more than a few big ficus trees already down in fort lauderdale from the feeder band that went through around 4
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#3 Postby ColinD » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:27 am

Just wait until about 6pm tonight when you kick into 50+ mph sustained.
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#4 Postby boca » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:28 am

I'm getting nothing like that in west boca just steady light rain.
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#5 Postby jlauderdal » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:30 am

boca wrote:I'm getting nothing like that in west boca just steady light rain.
yu shouldnt be....its crawling along. dont worry you will.
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#6 Postby foofer » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:33 am

I'm getting some scary winds in Delray (scary to me lol) not sure about the speed but I don't know how I'm going to be able to handle any worse than this. :eek: omg a big gust just came through. will my wood framed house handle this storm?
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#7 Postby boca » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:33 am

Jlauderdale, everything ok with your property so far?
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#8 Postby ColinD » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:36 am

boca wrote:I'm getting nothing like that in west boca just steady light rain.


Same here. It's just been luck really. There was a gap between the recent bands that just happened to rotate over you. Look at the radar.

BTW .. how was the squall yesterday? You had 70mph reported in Boca I think.
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#9 Postby boca » Sat Sep 04, 2004 6:41 am

ColinD that was in East Boca I drove down Glades rd and the further East I went the more branches I saw on the ground.
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