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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 20, 20215 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this areal flood warning at Jul 20, 2021, 8:12 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 93 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2021, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2021, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Brevard County, FL, Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 555 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1024 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

857 
WGUS42 KMLB 210012
FLWMLB

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
812 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021

FLC009-069-095-117-127-210145-
/O.NEW.KMLB.FA.W.0002.210721T0012Z-210721T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Brevard FL-Lake FL-Orange FL-Seminole FL-Volusia FL-
812 PM EDT Tue Jul 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Brevard County in east central Florida...
  East Central Lake County in east central Florida...
  Central Orange County in east central Florida...
  Seminole County in east central Florida...
  Southeastern Volusia County in east central Florida...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 812 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to 
  thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in 
  the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Orlando, Deltona, Sanford, Apopka, Altamonte Springs, Ocoee, 
  Oviedo, Winter Springs, Winter Park, Casselberry, Maitland, Lake 
  Mary, Longwood, Lake Jessup, Goldenrod, University Of Central 
  Florida, Geneva, Chuluota, Azalea Park and College Park.

Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the 
warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 2879 8148 2891 8147 2890 8147 2884 8089
      2879 8093 2849 8116 2851 8151

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB59 min
Jul 21, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard55 min
Jul 21, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia67 min
Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB48 min
Jul 21, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie41 min

Nearby

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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.