MELBOURNE -- The National Weather Service said Wednesday the flood event in Melbourne from Tropical Storm Fay is approaching "extreme status."
"The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center is predicting another 5 to 10 inches of rain is possible, for a storm total of around 30 inches," an NWS spokesperson said. "This could be a historic flood event for this area."
Fay's Position at 2 a.m.
- Position: 29.1 North, 80.7 West
- Movement: 2 mph
- Distance From Daytona Beach: 19 miles north
- Winds: 60 mph
- Minimum Central Pressure: 993 mb (29.32 inches)
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2 a.m. Tropical Storm Advisory
The center of Tropical Storm Fay was located near latitude 29.1 north, longitude 80.7 west or about 19 miles east-southeast of Daytona Beach, Fla.
Fay has been drifting northwestward at about 2 mph during the past several hours. A slow motion toward the west-northwest is forecast to begin Thursday morning and continue for the next couple of days. On this track, Fay is forecast to move very slowly across the northern Florida Peninsula Thursday and near the Gulf Coast in the Florida Big Bend area on Friday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph with higher gusts. Some slight strengthening is possible while the center of Fay remains over water Thursday morning, but gradual weakening is forecast later Thursday and Friday after Fay moves back over the Florida Peninsula.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 150 miles from the center.
The minimum central pressure reported by the reconnaissance aircraft was 993 mb or 29.32 inches.
Fay is expected to produce additional rainfall accumulations of 5 to 10 inches over east-central and northeastern Florida with 3 to 6 inches over southeastern Georgia. Isolated storm total amounts of 30 inches are possible in Florida. The Melbourne National Weather Service forecast office reports rainfall totals of nearly 25 inches in parts of north Melbourne. Additional accumulations of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the extreme northwestern Bahamas.
Storm tides of 1 to 3 feet above normal are possible along the East Coast of Florida to the north of the center of Fay.
Isolated tornadoes are possible Thursday over portions of northeastern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 5 a.m. EDT.
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