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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 23, 2021Lake County, Orange County, Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 23, 2021, 5:42 PM EDT for Lake County, Orange County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2021, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 104 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

583 
WGUS82 KMLB 232142
FLSMLB

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
542 PM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

FLC069-095-117-232345-
/O.NEW.KMLB.FA.Y.0021.210623T2142Z-210623T2345Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lake FL-Orange FL-Seminole FL-
542 PM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Flood Advisory for...
  Southern Lake County in east central Florida...
  Western Orange County in east central Florida...
  Western Seminole County in east central Florida...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 542 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to 
  thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional storms with heavy rain are expected to 
  develop in the advisory area.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Orlando, Sanford, Apopka, Altamonte Springs, Ocoee, Winter Garden, 
  Winter Springs, Winter Park, Casselberry, Maitland, Tavares, Lake 
  Mary, Longwood, Groveland, Mascotte, Windermere, 
  Howey-In-the-hills, Lake Apopka, Zellwood and Ferndale.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected over the 
area, leading to totals up to around 4 inches in some locations. 
This additional rain will result in minor flooding.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 2852 8194 2878 8195 2878 8147 2886 8137
      2885 8136 2884 8132 2883 8129 2843 8124
      2843 8147

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB115 min
Jun 23, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin56 min
Jun 23, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin44 min
Jun 23, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie65 min
Jun 23, 3:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOkeechobee93 min
Jun 23, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola48 min
Jun 23, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard, Indian River, Osceola90 min
Jun 23, 7:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia90 min

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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.