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Thunderstorms and Widespread Rainfall Across the Southern Plains

Isolated severe thunderstorms and widespread showers may produce flash flooding across the Southern Plains through Thursday. Numerous instances of flash flooding are expected in south-central Texas, including portions of the Hill Country; and an additional area across eastern Oklahoma into the Ozarks on Thursday. Heavy rainfall and mountain snow will return to southern California on Thursday. Read More >

WEST PALM BEACH OBSERVATION HISTORY

The two maps below provide chronological positions of the observation site for the period of record (including Jupiter, the Hypoluxo cooperative observation site, and the West Palm Beach sites, 1888 through the present).

MAP 1
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1 -  Jupiter Light House, site of Signal Service office 1888-1890, and Weather Bureau Office 1890-1911
2 -  Hypoluxo cooperative observation site, 1892-1959
3 -  West Palm Beach sites 1-5 (see Map 2)

MAP 2
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1 -  Palm Beach Post building cooperative station, 1929-1960
2 -  Morrison Field CAA 1938-1945, WBAS/WBO 1945-1948
3 -  Morrison Field WBAS/WBO 1948, Palm Beach International Airport WBAS/WBO 1948-1953
2 -  Palm Beach International Airport, new terminal building, WBO 1953-1971, WSO 1971-1977
4 -  New WSO Building, 1977-1993
5 -  ASOS location, commissioned April 1, 1993 - present