Flood Warning
NWS Melbourne FL ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Evening To Thursday Morning
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Florida... St Johns River Near Astor affecting Lake and Volusia Counties. .The St Johns River at Astor is forecast to remain within or near Action Stage through Thursday evening due to an ongoing period of northeast winds. Northeast winds are forecast to strengthen late week which will cause the river to reach Minor Flood Stage Thursday night.
What
Minor Flooding is forecast on Thursday.
Where
St Johns River near Astor.
When
From Thursday night to at least Sunday night.
Impacts
At 2.3 feet, Many docks become submerged along the river and in canals in the Astor community. Water enters yards of properties on Bartram Road, Holiday Circle and along Wild Hog Road on the Lake County side. In Volusia County, water encroaches yards of homes on the river side of Alice Drive. No wake zones are in effect from near the South Moon Canal to approximately 800 feet south of the Riverview lodge.
Additional details
- At 9:30 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 2.2 feet. - Bankfull stage is 2.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to Minor Flood Stage (2.3 ft) on Thursday at 8:00 PM EDT and peak at 2.6ft at 2:00 PM EDT on Sunday. River levels are expected to remain steady thereafter. - Minor Flood stage is 2.3 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 2.4 feet on 06/06/2023. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued Thursday morning at 600 AM EDT.
Affected areas
- Lake County, FL
- Volusia County, FL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Melbourne FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~35s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M38JXDPWQPYYJ3MZ1Q4V6080
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.546fd5b471348a17f61817fdb12d6a55cb778d6f.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Melbourne FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMLB
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3196
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWMLB |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS42 KMLB 240211 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMLB.FL.W.0001.260924T0211Z-260924T1000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T06:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lake County, FL
- Volusia County, FL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012069 |
| SAME | 012127 |
| UGC | FLC069 |
| UGC | FLC127 |
- Polygons
- 29.08,-81.5 29.32,-81.69 29.35,-81.57 29.1,-81.42 29.08,-81.5