Historic rainfall event causes major flooding in Central Florida
A rare flooding event with a 1 in 1,000 chance occurred in Lake County and northern Brevard County on Sunday, with 15-19 inches of rain falling in just six hours.
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A rare flooding event with a 1 in 1,000 chance occurred in Lake County and northern Brevard County on Sunday, with 15-19 inches of rain falling in just six hours.
Hurricane hunters are finding Melissa with 175 mph winds and a pressure of 906 mb.
After heavy downpours on Sunday, the weather is expected to dry out for the work week, with mostly clear conditions inland and at the coast.
After a day of flooding rainfall and extreme “King” high tides at the coast, the heaviest rain is moving offshore around a developing coastal storm that will be a Nor’easter over the weekend, moving away from central Florida.
A strong early season cold front will sweep into the Central Florida area this weekend.
A weak low-pressure system between Miami and the Bahamas is bringing heavy rain to Florida. Through the weekend, a flood watch has been issued for Brevard and Volusia counties.
Hurricanes Imelda and Humberto are both still currently active, bringing high wave action and beach erosion to the area this week.
Imelda will likely strengthen to a hurricane by Tuesday and remain about 170 miles off our Brevard County coast at its closest point early Tuesday.
Tropical Storm Imelda is expected to form this weekend, potentially becoming a hurricane as it approaches the Carolinas by Monday.
We have Humberto growing into a Cat 3 hurricane by Monday well off our east coast, but Invest 94L may become Imelda by the weekend in the south/central Bahamas.