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Flood Watch 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 4, 2021Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this flood watch at Nov 4, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 5, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 5, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Nov 6, 2021, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Flood severity
None

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2021-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2021-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

510 
WGUS62 KMLB 041845
FFAMLB

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Watch
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
245 PM EDT Thu Nov 4 2021

.Periods of heavy showers and storms may produce locally heavy 
rainfall across portion of Brevard and Volusia counties beginning 
Friday morning and continuing into Friday night. Rainfall amounts of 
3 to 4 inches are possible with locally higher amounts of up to 6 
inches.

FLZ041-047-141-147-060800-
/O.NEW.KMLB.FA.A.0003.211105T1200Z-211106T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Inland Volusia-Southern Brevard-Coastal Volusia-Northern Brevard-
Including the cities of Cocoa, Deland, Rockledge, Deltona, Daytona 
Beach, Titusville, Melbourne, Palm Bay, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond 
Beach, and Debary
245 PM EDT Thu Nov 4 2021

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY 
NIGHT...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...A portion of east central Florida, including the following 
  areas, Coastal Volusia, Inland Volusia, Northern Brevard and 
  Southern Brevard.

* WHEN...From Friday morning through late Friday night.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, 
  creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. 
  Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

JC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 3:49 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchMLBVolusia12 hr
Nov 4, 10:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMLBLake, Volusia14 days
Nov 4, 3:19 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMLBVolusia37 hr

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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.