1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 12:45 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 145 PM EDT SUN AUG 11 2002 CURRENTLY/TONIGHT...CONVERGENCE ZONE SET UP ALONG THE SOUTH COAST AND HAS FOCUSED CONVECTION...RESULTING IN HIGH COVERAGE OF RAINFALL WITH SEVERAL STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS. THIS BOUNDARY...THE REMNANTS OF THE SURFACE TROUGH THAT USHERED IN THE NORTHEAST FLOW SEVERAL DAYS AGO...IS SEEN WELL AT H85. MODELS BREAK OFF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THIS TROUGH AND LIFT IT INTO THE EASTERN GULF TONIGHT. WILL MONITOR RADAR TRENDS BUT GENERALLY THINK THAT CURRENT ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH...AT LEAST SOME...BY EVENING. AS IS OFTEN THE CASE WITH COASTAL RAIN EVENTS...INTERIOR WILL BE CLOUDED OVER WITH SUBSTANTIALLY LESS RAINFALL. MON...MODELS ALL SHOW DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. ETA/AVN MOS HAVE LIKELY/CATEGORICAL POPS WHILE THE NGM IS IN THE GOOD CHANCE RANGE. PROSPECTS FOR ANOTHER COASTAL RAIN EVENT SEEM LOWER AS H85 WINDS ARE PROGGED TO DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO SOUTH. INLAND/WESTERN SECTIONS ARE PROBABLY FAVORED WITH EVIDENCE STILL OF LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY IN MODEL PROGS. TUE...MODELS SHOW HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BECOMING BETTER ESTABLISHED AS WEAKNESS OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC FILLS. ETA HANGS ONTO DEEP MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK SURFACE TROUGH THE LONGEST. WITH SURFACE RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA...WILL TRIM BACK THE SOUTHERN COASTAL POPS ABOUT 10 PERCENT FIGURING THAT SEA BREEZE CONVECTION SHOULD FAVOR THE INTERIOR. WED-SUN...LATEST AVN IS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS RUN IN SHOWING NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE MIDWEST THEN LIFTING OUT THURSDAY. THIS PROMOTES RIDGING ALOFT OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WHICH IS PROGGED TO SHIFT ACROSS THE STATE. AVN SHOWS 5970 METER 500MB HEIGHTS ACROSS THE NORTH PENINSULA AT 12Z FRI. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS IS GENERALLY SHOWN JUST NORTH OF THE AREA...WITH PRESSURES RISING ABOVE 1020 MB FOR THU-FRI. WITH DEEP LAYER RIDGING...EXPECT THAT COVERAGE OF RAINFALL WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED. RIDGING IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN BY SUNDAY BUT WILL HAVE TO SEE IF POPS RETURN TO CLIMO BY THEN. MARINE...SLIGHT INTERRUPTION OF ONSHORE FLOW IS SUGGESTED BY GUIDANCE AS SURFACE WAVE ROTATING AROUND RIDGE WEAKENS/SPLITS IT THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AS ATLANTIC RIDGE REASSERTS ITSELF LATER IN THE WEAK...ONSHORE FLOW MAY START TO INCREASE AGAIN. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... DAB WW 072/085 072/088 072 3535 MCO TT 072/088 072/090 073 3635 MLB WB 074/086 074/087 075 5534 .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...LASCODY AVIATION/FIRE WX...PENDERGRAST
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:21 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain measuring about 5 inches in a few hours flooded streets and 3 homes in Vero Beach.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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