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Flood Watch 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 9, 20255 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this flood watch at Oct 9, 2025, 2:26 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 9, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 9, 2025, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 9, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 11, 2025, 12:42 AM EDT
In force
33 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 18:25 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 Oct 9, 1:56 PM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 1:56 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 2:43 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMLBVolusia4 days
Oct 9, 2:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBMartin, Saint Lucie2 hr
Oct 9, 2:29 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia59 hr
Oct 9, 2:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBMartin84 min
Oct 9, 5:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBVolusia84 min
Oct 9, 5:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard86 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.