Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Aug 19, 2008, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Brevard County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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WGUS52 KMLB 192213
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FLC009-200100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.FF.W.0005.080819T2213Z-080820T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
613 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...MERRITT ISLAND...CAPE
  CANAVERAL...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...TITUSVILLE...SCOTTSMOOR...
  SATELLITE BEACH...ROCKLEDGE...PORT SAINT JOHN...PATRICK AIRFORCE
  BASE...PALM BAY...MIMS...MELBOURNE...MALABAR...LONE CABBAGE FISH
  CAMP...INDIALANTIC...HAULOVER CANAL...GRANT...COCOA BEACH...
  COCOA...CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...BAREFOOT BAY...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY CONTINUING
  TO POUND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...AS SQUALLS WITH
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WERE SPREADING NORTH INTO NORTHERN BREVARD
  COUNTY.

SOME RAINFALL TOTAL FROM BREVARD COUNTY THUS FAR AS OF SHORTLY 
BEFORE 600 PM INCLUDE...

    MELBOURNE AIRPORT...4.58 INCHES
    MELBOURNE BEACH...5.57 INCHES
    PALM BAY...3.16 INCHES

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 
AUTOMOBILE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO 
GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY 
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
MELBOURNE.

LAT...LON 2794 8052 2783 8050 2783 8087 2848 8087
      2860 8096 2878 8096 2878 8084 2834 8072
      2834 8071 2864 8079 2871 8075 2878 8083
      2879 8080 2878 8071 2850 8063 2827 8066
      2823 8064 2843 8062 2811 8057 2786 8044

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.