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Flood — Osceola, FL

Oct 8, 2011

A stationary upper-level disturbance, strong onshore flow, and a weak frontal boundary produced persistent heavy rainfall and squalls across a large portion of east central Florida on October 7-8. ||A strong gale then formed over the Bahamas on October 9 and moved northwest and onto the Brevard and Volusia County coast late in the evening. As the gale approached the coast, heavy convective bands and storm-force winds developed west of the center of circulation. While not a tropical storm, the sy

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 350111). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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