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 22, 1:45 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 245 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003 TONIGHT...WILL TAPER POPS FROM N TO SOUTH AS DEEP MOISTURE IS SHUNTED SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. GFS STILL HANGS ON TO ONE MORE VORT LOBE SWINGING THROUGH OVERNIGHT AND WITH DEEP MOISTURE EXPECT THERE TO BE SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING AS ACTIVITY ALONG THE WEST COAST PROPAGATES ACROSS THE SRN CWA. WILL LEAN TWD WEAKER NGM/ETA SOLUTION WITH RESPECT TO SFC FIELDS AND LIGHTEN WINDS AFTER SUNSET. MONDAY...FNTL BNDRY WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE SRN HALF OF THE FCST AREA ON MONDAY WHILE WEAKENING. DEEP MOISTURE WITH PCP WATER VALUES OVER 2 INCHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BNDRY WILL PRODUCE ADDTNL HEAVY RAIN OVER SRN SECTIONS. NRN AREAS WILL BEGIN TO DRY OUT...BUT BASED ON TDYS RDR TRENDS EVEN N OF THE BNDRY...WILL GO HIER THAN GUID POPS. TUESDAY...GFS SOLUTION DEVELOP MULTIPLE SFC WAVES ALONG THE FNTL BNDRY AND PUSHES THEM OFF THE EAST COAST THRU WED. HAVE DISCOUNTED THIS ENTIRELY AND EXPECT ONLY A MODERATE E TO NE FLOW TO DEVELOP THRU THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. WILL CONTINUE TO BIAS POPS HIER IN THE SOUTH CLOSER TO THE DEEP LYR MOISTURE. WHILE MORE SUN EXPECTED E FLOW WILL MUTE DIURNAL SEA BREEZE ACTVTY. MARINE...DIFFUSE BNDRY WILL SLIDE SOUTH ACROSS THE WATERS OVERNIGHT. W WINDS AHEAD OF BNDRY...LIGHT WINDS IN PROXIMITY TO IT WITH A NE FLOW BEHIND WILL TRANSITION ACROSS THE AREA. HAVE DISCOUNTED STRONG WINDS INDICATED IN GFS SOLUTION WITH MULTIPLE WAVE SPINNING UP ALONG OLD BNDRY. NO HIGHLIGHTS. PRELIM... DAB BB 072/087 069/089 072 3211 MCO WB 072/089 070/092 071 4311 MLB WB 073/086 073/087 075 5422 VRB WB 074/087 072/087 074 6632 .MLB...NONE. VOLKMER/BLOTTMAN
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 222101- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1030 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 2003 .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON... ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY WITH HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING TOWARD THE CENTRAL PENINSULA AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW SHOWERS AND STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY. STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE SLOWER MOVEMENT COMBINED WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE URBAN AND LOWLAND FLOODING IN AREAS WHERE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS TODAY. MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE DEEP TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL EASE ITS GRIP ON CENTRAL FLORIDA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND INTO FLORIDA. BY TUESDAY...STORM COVERAGE SHOULD RETURN TO THE MORE TYPICAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING COVERAGE PATTERN FOR LATE JUNE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE IF RAINFALL OF TWO INCHES OR GREATER IS MEASURED IN AN HOUR OR LESS...OR ANY AMOUNT OVER 3 INCHES IS RECORDED. ALSO...PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. MRV
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:54 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain produced rapid extensive flooding of major roadways in Melbourne.
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