Alert archive / Florida / Flood Watches in 2016
Flood Watch 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this flood watch at May 18, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT for Okeechobee County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Flood severity
- None
County Okeechobee County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
103 WGUS62 KMLB 180800 FFAMLB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 400 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING... FLZ054-058-059-064-181600- /O.NEW.KMLB.FA.A.0002.160518T0800Z-160519T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEBASTIAN...VERO BEACH...BASINGER... FORT DRUM...OKEECHOBEE...PORT SAINT LUCIE...FORT PIERCE... HOBE SOUND...JENSEN BEACH...PORT SALERNO...STUART 400 AM EDT WED MAY 18 2016 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE AND ST. LUCIE. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES MAY OCCUR TODAY IN REGIONS WHERE SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOP AND TRAIN WEST TO EAST OVER THE SAME AREAS. THIS SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WHERE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN FELL ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. * HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS...AND LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WILL BE HIGHEST IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIES RAINFALL AMOUNTS YESTERDAY. THIS INCLUDES SEBASTIAN...VERO BEACH...FORT PIERCE...STUART AND HOBE SOUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ VOLKMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 92 min |
| May 17, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 85 min | |
| May 17, 11:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 6 hr |
| May 17, 11:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 50 min |
| May 17, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 41 min |
| May 17, 11:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 94 min | |
| May 18, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 59 min |
| May 18, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 113 min | |
| May 18, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 54 min |
| May 18, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 45 min |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.