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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1011 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026
...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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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1011 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO THURSDAY MORNING
* 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
LAT...LON 2908 8150 2932 8169 2935 8157 2910 8142
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