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Flood Watch 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 30, 20235 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this flood watch at Sep 30, 2023, 3:06 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 30, 2023, 3:06 PM EDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Oct 1, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Flood severity: None

Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Sep 30, 11:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 11:19 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 11:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 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
Sep 30, 1:44 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia	5 days
Sep 30, 4:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	3 hr
Sep 30, 5:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	2 hr
Sep 30, 5:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Volusia	3 hr
Sep 30, 6:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Volusia	3 hr
Sep 30, 6:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	40 min
Sep 30, 7:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Volusia	2 hr
Sep 30, 7:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Volusia	90 min
Sep 30, 7:42 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MLB	Volusia	2 hr
Sep 30, 7:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	119 min
Sep 30, 9:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake	95 min
Sep 30, 9:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Volusia	113 min
Sep 30, 9:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Volusia	2 hr
Sep 30, 11:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	81 min
Sep 30, 11:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	3 hr
Sep 30, 12:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	95 min
Sep 30, 2:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	2 hr
Sep 30, 3:14 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia	36 hr
Sep 30, 3:51 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		5 days
Sep 30, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Indian River, Saint Lucie	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.