ORLANDO, Fla. – Central Florida has seen rain piling up the last few days, especially throughout this past weekend. Monday was pinpointed for the greatest accumulation of rain, particularly during the afternoon hours.
It’s happening.
We’re continuing to watch wave after wave of heavy rain and thunderstorms working their way ashore over Brevard, Volusia, and southern Flagler counties.
Late Sunday evening, southern Brevard and northeast Osceola counties dealt with some very heavy rain training overhead for the span of approximately 3-5 hours. Rainfall totals have exceeded the 3-5 inch threshold in many spots already, with more on the way before today is said and done.
The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for northern Brevard. It has since expired.
Doppler radar has indicated a total of 2.5 to 4 inches of rain has already fallen in this area, and another one to two inches are expected. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
We saw aerial flood advisories issued in the same spot more or less this morning. The key difference here is the flood advisory is non-life-threatening. The upgrade to a flash flood warning elevates that threat exponentially.
When you take a look at the radar estimated rain-rates (an estimate of how much water is falling at a given time), there are very impressive values being taken in for Brevard, headed into eastern Orange and Seminole counties.
The National Weather Service emphasizes the impact on small creeks, streams, urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses is likely to happen this afternoon.
Locations forecast to experience this flash flood threat include Titusville, Mims, Titusville Airport, Port Saint John, Sharpes, Lagrange, Bellwood, Turnbull, and Aurantia.
Stick with News 6 as we continue to monitor this almost pseudo atmospheric river type setup bombarding our Atlantic shores. We’re looking for a break to finally settle in come late Tuesday and especially Wednesday, as we await the arrival of our first FALL front into the area.