10 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 Sep 4, 7:49 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
850 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004
.DISCUSSION...
...CENTER OF DANGEROUS HURRICANE FRANCES DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST
TOWARD THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...
...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE IN
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT...
WFO MELBOURNE IS IN THE THICK OF HURRICANE OPS AS THE EYE OF
HURRICANE FRANCES WAS MOVING SLOWLY OVER THE GULF STREAM BETWEEN THE
FLORIDA MAINLAND AND GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND.
THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA IS UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 AM
SUNDAY MORNING AS RAIN BANDS COME ASHORE OVERNIGHT. THE GREATEST
THREATS FROM FRANCES WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM TORNADO...HIGH WIND
AND SURGE THREATS AS FRANCES MOVES ONSHORE OVERNIGHT...TO FLOODING
THREATS SUNDAY AS FRANCES DRIFTS SLOWLY THROUGH THE PENINSULA.
.MARINE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS IN PLACE. FORECAST WILL DEPEND ON
FUTURE NHC TRACKS OF FRANCES. FOR NOW...WILL BEGIN TO TAPER SEAS
BELOW 12FT SUN NIGHT INTO MON...SEAS BELOW 12 FEET FOR THE ENTIRE
AREA BY MON NIGHT AS FRANCES PULLS AWAY FROM THE STATE.
&&
.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
...HURRICANE WARNING FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET.
...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR INTERIOR VOLUSIA...LAKE...
SEMINOLE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES.
...FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THRU SUNDAY.
...FLOOD WARNING ON THE ST JOHNS RIVER.
...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY ALL EC FL COUNTIES.
&&
WFO MELBOURNEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
703 PM EDT SAT SEP 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HURRICANE MELBOURNE 28.11N 80.64W
09/04/2004 BREVARD FL PUBLIC
TREE DOWN ON HOUSE AT 810 CEDAR DRIVE. TREE DOWN IN ROAD.
FENCES DOWN, DAMAGE TO CAR. REPORT RECEIVED AT 615 PM.
&&
JACOBSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1202 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 FLZ041-044>046-053-058-144-050500- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE- SOUTHERN LAKE- 1202 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004 ...RAIN SQUALLS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ALL OF INTERIOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 12 AM...RADAR WAS DETECTING NUMEROUS RAIN BANDS MOVING ASHORE. THESE RAIN BANDS WERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ALONG THE COAST...THE WINDS WERE LESSENING AS THEY SPREAD INLAND. EXPECT FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 2 AM. THE LEADING OF HURRICANE FRANCES EYEWALL HAS MOVE ONSHORE FROM FORT PIERCE TO WEST PALM BEACH. SOUTHEASTERN SAINT LUCIE AND EASTERN MARTIN COUNTIES WILL BE IN THE EYE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. RW/SMS
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:06 UTC.
10 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
From 4 to 8 inches of heavy rain from Hurricane Frances produced widespread flooding of roads, residences and businesses mainly in the coastal communities.
From 4 to 8 inches of heavy rain from Hurricane Frances produced widespread flooding of roads, residences and businesses mainly in the coastal communities.
From 4 to 8 inches of heavy rain from Hurricane Frances produced widespread flooding of roads, residences and businesses mainly in the coastal communities.
From 8 to 10 inches of heavy rain from Hurricane Frances produced widespread flooding of roads, residences and businesses mainly in Kissimmee and St. Cloud.
From 4 to 6 inches of heavy rain from Hurricane Frances produced widespread flooding of roads, and residences.
From 4 to 8 inches of heavy rain from Hurricane Frances produced widespread flooding of roads, residences and businesses.
From 10 to 12 inches of rain from the northern rainbands of Hurricane Frances produced widespread flooding of homes, businesses and roads across most of the coastal communities as well as in Deltona, and Deland.
An estimated 8 to 10 inches of rain from Hurricane Frances fell across the central and northern part of Lake County, flooding roads and a few homes.
From 8 to 10 inches of rain from Hurricane Frances fell across north and west Orange County, flooding homes and roads in the Orlando metropolitan area.
From 8 to 10 inches of rain from Hurricane Frances fell across much of Seminole County, flooding homes and roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5424580, 5424915, 5424916, 5424581, 5424582, 5424583, 5424584, 5424585, 5424586, 5424587.