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WGUS82 KMLB 221336
FLSMLB
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
936 AM EDT THU OCT 22 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN FLORIDA...
ST JOHNS RIVER NEAR ASTOR AFFECTING LAKE AND VOLUSIA 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 WEEKEND. THERE
IS POTENTIAL FOR LEVELS TO APPROACH MAJOR FLOOD STAGE NEXT WEEK,
AFTER NORTHEAST 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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM EDT.
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936 AM EDT THU OCT 22 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 3.5 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 8:30 AM EDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 2.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:30 AM EDT THURSDAY 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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