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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 21, 2018Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this areal flood warning at May 21, 2018, 2:09 PM EDT for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 81 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2018, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 81 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at May 20, 3:35 PM EDT, 22 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:35 PM EDT, 22 hours 34 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 5:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	111 min
May 21, 6:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake	95 min
May 21, 7:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie	59 min
May 21, 8:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie	119 min
May 21, 1:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	2 hr
May 21, 1:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	118 min
May 21, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Volusia	3 hr
May 21, 3:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Florida, 2018 Every areal flood warning in 2018

Sources

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