Up to 7 inches of rain fell in less than two hours in Port Orange during an isolated thunderstorm, resulting in some temporary roadway flooding.
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Up to 7 inches of rain fell in less than two hours in Port Orange during an isolated thunderstorm, resulting in some temporary roadway flooding.
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 Jun 1, 9:12 AM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1012 AM EDT Tue Jun 1 2021 .DISCUSSION... High pressure off the North Carolina coast this morning, will lift northeast this afternoon. Locally, an area of higher moisture off the east coast of FL will keep PWAT values above one inch today and higher than 1.5 inches along the coast as the generally wind flow remains from the east. Showers and a few storms will be possible this afternoon, mainly south of Seminole county, with higher chances towards Osceola and Treasure Coast counties. Otherwise, temps will rise to the mid 80s along the coast and near 90 across the interior. && .AVIATION... A few light showers possible this morning for KMLB to KSUA Coverage of showers will increase south of KSFB and KTIX this afternoon with a few possible TSRA as the sea breeze pushes westward. Impacts will be reduced visibilities, lightning strikes and brief gusty winds. Otherwise, VFR conditions with E/NE winds increasing to around 10-12 knots today, decreasing in the evening hours. && .MARINE... Winds will continue today generally from east-northeast at around 10 knots with seas 2-3 ft nearshore and 3-4 ft offshore. Higher winds and seas can be briefly expected near any lightning storm this afternoon. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 85 70 85 73 / 20 20 30 10 MCO 89 70 90 72 / 30 10 50 10 MLB 84 73 85 74 / 40 30 40 20 VRB 85 71 86 72 / 50 30 40 30 LEE 91 71 91 72 / 10 0 40 10 SFB 88 70 89 72 / 20 10 40 10 ORL 88 72 90 73 / 20 10 40 10 FPR 84 70 86 71 / 50 30 50 30 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. AM...None. && Negron/Fehling
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1220 PM EDT Tue Jun 1 2021 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-012200- Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm-Volusia- Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm- Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm-Flagler Beach to Volusia- Brevard County Line 20-60 nm-Volusia- Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 20-60 nm- Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 20-60 nm-Inland Volusia- Northern Lake-Orange-Seminole-Southern Brevard-Osceola- Indian River-Okeechobee-St. Lucie-Martin-Coastal Volusia- Southern Lake-Northern Brevard- 1220 PM EDT Tue Jun 1 2021 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... Coverage of showers and isolated storms will increase this afternoon as these form and move slowly westward along the inland moving east coast sea breeze. Greatest storm potential will be south of a line from Orlando to Cape Canaveral today. Main threats will be gusty winds up to 40 mph, lightning strikes, and locally heavy downpours. Into tonight, additional isolated storms may push onshore, mainly from around the Cape southward. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A few stronger storms, mainly south of Orlando to the Cape, will be capable of producing wind gusts around 35 knots as they push onshore this morning, or as they move slowly westward across interior lakes this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. Lingering moisture across the region will be able to produce isolated to scattered lightning storms each afternoon through the remainder of the upcoming week, and into next weekend. A few strong storms may produce gusty winds and frequent lightning strikes. Cloud to ground lightning could also ignite new wildfires. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed this afternoon and tonight. Negron/Weitlich
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1230 PM EDT TUE JUN 1 2021
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1218 PM WATER SPOUT 4 NNW INDIALANTIC 28.14N 80.58W
06/01/2021 Brevard FL NWS EMPLOYEE
AN OFF-DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST REPORTED A WATERSPOUT A FEW
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANOVA BEACH. BASED ON RADAR, THE
WATERSPOUT WAS MOVING EAST. IT LIFTED AFTER 2 MINUTES.
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KNThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Several weather spotters and mesonet stations recorded rainfall of 3 to over 7 inches in less than two hours. Roadways were flooded with stalled cars on S. Williamson Boulevard, south of Taylor Road in Port Orange.
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