Orlando Weather Forecast: Tracking historic flooding

Meteorologist Noah Bergeron is back with us now. Yeah, Noah, this is the wettest day in Brevard County history, and it's still raining. How much longer can we expect the rain to come down? Yeah, so there's going to be rain that goes for a few more hours there. Wow. You know, we thought earlier it was going to end, and it just keeps coming. In fact, this system that's over Florida is just not moving. I want to think of the people who have rightfully heightened anxiety after the day they've had today. We told them earlier, look, we think it's done, things have changed. What should they know going into the night tonight? That you're not going to wake up to another Another 20 inches of rain. You're not going to wake up to another surprise of 15 inches of rain by morning tomorrow. That is very crystal clear. And in fact, the good news is that where that flash flood warning has been reissued, it's done raining now. Take it right over here. See that flashing green? We'll talk about it. The rain is now done in southern Brevard County. So inland around Orlando, we're not seeing any rain right now. Some of this moisture is going to work inland towards Orlando overnight by the time we get to the morning hours for tomorrow. Now, here is Melbourne and Sebastian. Look offshore. There is still more moisture building. Even about 100 miles out, we still have showers. And all of this has to work its way in through the overnight. Now, this band kind of oriented along my arm, you can see that here, Cocoa Beach to Melbourne, this band is going to lift north through the overnight, so it should lift away from the area's hardest hit, which are basically south of where you see Melbourne on that map, which that is at least one ray of positivity. So this flash flood warning was reissued a few, about 45 minutes ago from the National Weather Service. It goes to 11. Right now, just given how the radar looks, it'll probably be allowed to expire at 11 p.m., so that's positive news. To pass along that being said in the center of Melbourne right now we have a band of steady rain, but again, this is lifting to the north. It's nothing nearly as heavy as we had last night or this morning. Further to the north. One area I am mildly concerned about that we haven't talked about yet is Volusia County because some of the data is indicating we could get a stubborn band of rain that is already setting up, but just sits here through the overnight. And so that area that I'm talking about in reference is basically DeLand. Over towards Ponce Inlet, New Smyrna, Daytona, and Pearson. You can see there's already some rain forming coming in off the ocean. Now, this is not going to turn into a repeat of 25 inches of rain in southern Brevard by tomorrow morning. However, I could see a scenario where some of these places get 3, 4, 5, 6 inches of rain by mid-morning tomorrow. Five, six inches of rain is not 25. That could still cause some localized flooding tomorrow morning as we've got work and school and election day. So these places we haven't talked about. Some of the latest modelings indicate we're going to get one more stubborn band of rain through the overnight and in the morning. So if you're in those areas, we'll keep an eye out for you, and we'll let you know through the remainder of tonight and then first thing in the morning. So the very latest about the flooding in Brevard, those stubborn rain bands are going to continue for another few hours. They're not super heavy. But they are still rain bands, light to moderate. The additional rain overnight could keep the floodwaters up or at least slow them down from receding. In the next couple of hours, we're talking about the Palm Bay and Malabar areas specifically. Maybe about one to four additional. Inches of rain. At this point, any rain is not welcome news for those areas. All right, so if you're in the flood zone Tuesday morning, as soon as the sun comes up and you wake up, here's what should be on your mind. Use extreme caution when walking. If you've never lived through a flood event like this, one of the biggest things after the flood to be mindful of is all the hidden debris in the water. There's pieces of glass, sharp pieces of plastic. So if you're going to walk out, even if it's only a few inches of water, closed-toe shoes would be the best. piece of advice there. Some roads will still be flooded tomorrow morning. Try to not drive through the standing water. We've seen that far too much today. And make sure to document everything too, whether you have flood insurance or not. Take pictures of your house, your property. If you experienced flooding earlier, take as many pictures and videos as you can. After the fact, tomorrow morning, especially if you didn't earlier tonight, if you were impacted by the flooding. All right, so tomorrow for Election Day, most of the rain showers will move inland towards Orlando during the afternoon and evening, so Brevard County in the afternoon is done. So any showers in Brevard are now through the morning tomorrow. It'll be done in the afternoon. We'll finally get some dry time back for everybody Thursday through the weekend. I'll step you through that futurecast for tomorrow and Wednesday and talk a little more about the flooding. Coming up here in just a few minutes. Noah, thank you. And a lot of you at home sent us your pictures and your videos showing us