1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 8, 2:49 AM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 345 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2004 ...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AGAIN TODAY... .DISCUSSION...TODAY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE CAPE EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT EVER SO SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE AFTN. SHOWERS ALREADY HAVE BEEN MOVING ONSHORE ACROSS NRN BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. 00Z GFS RUN STILL OVER DEVELOPING SFC LOW NE OF VOLUSIA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH SEEMS TO STEM FROM CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS. ETA SOLUTION LOOKS MORE IN LINE. WITH DEEP MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA PWATS (2.1 - 2.3 INCHES) ANOTHER DAY WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD THREAT. HAVE DECIDED TO RAISE FLOOD WATCH FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 7.00 INCHES OF RAIN ON SATURDAY AND 1.05 INCHES ON FRIDAY...WILL NOT TAKE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL RAINS TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. SRN SECTIONS WILL SEE LOW LEVEL SSW/SW FLOW SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY AND WITH ANY AFTN HEATING AREA SHOULD FILL IN WITH SHOWERS AND SOME TSTMS THAT WILL MOVE NE. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN BUT WITH STRONGER SW STEERING FLOW FLOOD THREAT WILL BE LOCALIZED AND CONFINED TO AREAS WHERE SHOWERS AND STORMS TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. TONIGHT...HAVE KEPT SCATTERED EVENING SHOWERS AND ISOLD TSTMS IN THE FORECAST WITH WEAKENING BOUNDARY ACROSS NRN SECTIONS. MON-TUE...FORECAST WILL CONTINUE TO HINGE UPON LOCATION AND STRENGTH OF REMNANT CONVERGENT BOUNDARY. HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED CLOSEST TO GFS WHICH BEGINS TO DROP FEATURE BACK SOUTHWARD SLOWLY MON/TUE AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE WAVE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OFFSHORE AND LIFT AWAY. HOWEVER...BELIEVE GFS OVERDEVELOPS SURFACE LOW AND THUS BRINGS BOUNDARY TOO FAR SOUTH AND TOO FAST...AND IN TURN ADVECTS DRIER AIRMASS INTO NORTHERN CWA. HAVE INDICATED BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED SWATH OF HIGHER POP/QPF/CLOUD FOCUSED ACROSS NORTHERN THIRD OF CWA MON...AND CENTRAL CWA TUE. THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE ALONG BOUNDARY...BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY LESSEN OVER THE PERIOD AS SPEED CONVERGENCE WANES. WED-SAT...INFLUENCE FROM UNSEASONABLE BOUNDARY DECREASES MID WEEK... BUT SUBTLE FEATURE MAY STILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH LIFT TO AID TYPICAL MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT WED. HAVE CONTINUED TO DISCOUNT SOUTHWARD PENETRATION OF DRY AIR MASS...WITH LATEST GFS ALSO BACKING OFF EARLIER PROGRESSION. WILL CONTINUE WITH CLIMATOLOGICAL POPS WITHIN GENERAL SW FLOW REGIME...UNTIL CONFIDENCE IN SCENARIO BECOMES HIGHER... && .MARINE...WIND SHIFT BOUNDARY OVER NORTHERN WATERS WILL DRIFT NORTH TODAY...THEN LIKELY RETURN SLOWLY SOUTHWARD MON...REACHING SOUTHERN MARINE LEG TUE. FEATURE WILL GRADUALLY LOSE IDENTITY WITH GRADIENT STILL SUPPORTING SCEC WINDS NORTH OF BOUNDARY EARLY TODAY...THEN WEAKENING BELOW HIGHLIGHT CRITERIA LATER PERIODS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 85 74 86 75 / 80 50 60 30 MCO 88 73 89 73 / 80 50 60 40 MLB 88 74 88 75 / 80 40 50 40 VRB 88 75 88 76 / 80 40 60 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLOOD WATCH VOLUSIA COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. && SHORT TERM...VOLKMER LONG TERM...SPRATT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 081900- COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER- INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE- 500 AM EDT SUN AUG 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD IMPACT... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND A SLOWLY LIFTING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS TO MOVE ONSHORE INTO VOLUSIA COUNTY TODAY. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WHERE SHOWER BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE OVER THE SAME AREA. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY BE EVEN HIGHER NEAR THE COAST. SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...DEEP MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL LEAD TO THE THREAT FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY. STORMS SOUTH OF THE MELBOURNE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THERE IS A VERY LOW THREAT FOR A WATERSPOUT OR FUNNEL CLOUD TO DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST WHERE THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IS ABLE TO FORM...MAINLY SOUTH OF MELBOURNE. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A NORTHEAST SWELL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MODERATE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS AS THEY MOVE OFFSHORE SOUTH OF THE CAPE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... THERE IS A VERY LOW THREAT FOR A SHOWER OR STORM TO PRODUCE A WATERSPOUT ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL OR ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE ALONG THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST WHERE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... ONSHORE WINDS NORTH OF THE CAPE TODAY WILL BUILD SEAS TO 4 TO 6 FEET WITH A NORTHEAST SWELL. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS THIS WEEK. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON THAT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES. VOLKMER
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:11 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain in the morning hours brought 24 hour rain totals to near 7 inches. Widespread street flooding with water in two homes in Ormond Beach was reported. A lane of Interstate 95 was blocked by flood waters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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