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 Jun 25, 9:05 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1005 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002 CURRENT WEATHER...RADAR AND VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM AROUND MIAMI TO COCOA BEACH. MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER HIGHLANDS AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST. OFFSHORE WEATHER BUOYS WERE RECORDING WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST AT 8 TO 14 KNOTS AND 3 TO 5 FOOT SEAS. AREA SOUNDINGS INDICATED PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 915MHZ VERTICAL WIND PROFILERS SHOWED SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW TO AROUND 6000 FEET THEN VEERING TO SOUTHWEST ABOVE THAT LEVEL. RUC80 ANALYSIS SHOWS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS CENTERED OVER GEORGIA/ALABAMA AND UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER CUBA/ FLORIDA STRAITS. MORNING UPDATES...INTERACTION OF THE TWO UPPER LEVEL FEATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP MOISTURE INTO FLORIDA TODAY. SOUTHEASTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW WILL BRING IN ATLANTIC MOISTURE. LATEST RUC SERIES INDICATED ADEQUATE MID AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...VORTICITY/MID LEVEL VERTICAL MOTION AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE... FOR STORMS AND SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING WITH STORM MOVEMENT TO THE NORTH. CLOUDY SKIES MAY HOLD MAX TEMPERATURES DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO BUT CURRENT FORECAST RANGES LOOK GOOD. COASTAL WATERS FORECAST LOOKS GOOD...REFRESH WORDING ONLY CHANGES NEEDED. .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...WIMMER AVIATION/FIRE WX...VOLKMER
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 260000- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1245 PM EDT TUE JUN 25 2002 ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE SOUTHERN BREVARD AND OCEOLA COUNTIES SOUTH... THE BERMUDA HIGH HAS REPOSITIONED ITSELF OVER THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC ...BUT DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO BLANKET THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND ACROSS FLORIDA FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...RESULTING IN WEAK SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS. THE WEAKENING FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SLOW STORM MOVEMENT TODAY AND THIS EVENING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS ABOVE 3 INCHES. COMBINED WITH THE RAINFALL FROM STORMS WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE WEEK...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS WILL BE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING STREETS...INTERSECTIONS AND PARKING LOTS. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION SHOULD AN ADVISORY OR WARNING BE ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD AS THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO PASS. TWO FEET OF WATER IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO SWAMP MOST VEHICLES. DRIVERS NEED TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL DRIVING IN RAIN...AS IT IS EASY TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR AUTOMOBILE AND HYDROPLANE ON RAIN SLICK ROADS. BOATERS ON COASTAL AND INLAND WATERS SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WITH THUNDERSTORMS. FOR UPDATED WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT THE NWS MELBOURNE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB WIMMER
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding from heavy rains rendered some roads impassable and flooded two homes in the Fellsmere area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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