Flash Flood — Palm Beach, Florida

2025-10-26 · near Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida

Event narrative

Social media image depicts significant standing water at intersection of SW 18 St. and SW 8th Ave. in Boca Raton. Water covered road and front yards completely and almost entered homes.

Wider weather episode

A frontal boundary retreating across South Florida and ample low-level tropical moisture allowed for showers and thunderstorms to produce excessive rainfall on the evening of October 26 into the early overnight of October 27 which led to flooding over portions of Southeast Florida.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1298427. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.