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WGUS82 KMLB 201952
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
352 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
ST JOHNS RIVER NEAR ASTOR AFFECTING VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTIES.
.PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE CAUSED RIVER LEVELS ON THE ST JOHNS
AT ASTOR TO RISE INTO MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO
CLIMB SLOWLY THROUGH MODERATE FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE END OF THIS
WEEK. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR LEVELS TO APPROACH MAJOR FLOOD STAGE
NEXT WEEK AFTER NORTHEASTERLY WINDS INCREASE AGAIN.
FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER...INCLUDING ASTOR...MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1100 PM EDT.
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352 PM EDT TUE OCT 20 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...ST JOHNS RIVER NEAR ASTOR.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 3.0 FEET, WATER APPROACHES OR MAY ENTER LOWEST HOMES
ON OR NEAR WILDHOG ROAD AND NEARBY CANALS. FLOODING REACHES THE
PARKING LOT OF THE JUNO TRAIL APARTMENTS. FLOODING ON PORTIONS OF
ALLIGATOR ROAD AND HOLIDAY ROAD. LOWEST LYING YARDS ALONG BLUE
CREEK ARE FLOODED. ROADS AT ASTOR LANDING CAMPGROUND AND LAKE
DEXTER BOAT RAMP BEGIN TO FLOOD. WATER ENTERS LOWER HOMES CLOSEST
TO THE RIVER ON MCPHERSON LANE.
AT 3.5 FEET, CANALS HAVE OVERFLOWED INTO YARDS. HOMES ON OR NEAR
WILDHOG AND BONNET ROADS BECOME INACCESSIBLE WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF
WATER INSIDE HOMES ALONG THE RIVER AND CANALS. DOCKS AT ASTOR BRIDGE
MARINA AND THROUGHOUT ASTOR ARE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. BARTRAM RD AND
HOLIDAY CIRCLE ARE INACCESSIBLE WITH YARDS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED.
CLAIR STREET IS INACCESSIBLE. ROADS FLOODED IN SOUTH MOON FISH CAMP,
DOCKS AND YARDS AT CONDOMINIUMS ON JUNO TRAIL AND WATER BREACHES THE
SEA WALL AT BLAIR'S JUNGLE DEN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 2:30 PM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 2.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 2:30 PM EDT TUESDAY WAS 3.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STEADY ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE AT 3.2 FEET.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 2.3 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 2908 8150 2932 8169 2935 8157 2910 8142
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