Brevard's flash flood emergency, seen from the Wire's own satellite dish

This story reflects NWS Melbourne products as of 10:35 p.m. ET Monday. Check NWS Melbourne for the latest alerts.

The Space Coast Wire's own satellite dish picked up this view of Monday's storms from NOAA's GOES-19 satellite at 11 a.m. ET. It uses the infrared channel (Band 13), which shows how cold cloud tops are. The reds and oranges are the coldest, tallest storm tops, and the brightest cluster sits over Brevard County.

AI-assisted caption: In this GOES-19 infrared view from 16:00 UTC (11 AM EST) on Nov. 2, the reds and oranges along Florida's east-central coast mark the coldest, tallest storm tops over Brevard County. At 11:35 AM EST, the National Weather Service in Melbourne reported for southeastern Brevard County: "Between 15 and 20 inches of rain have fallen." It declared a "FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for West Melbourne, Palm Bay, and Grant-Valkaria." Source: National Weather Service

By then, southern Brevard had been flooding for hours. At 7:56 a.m., the National Weather Service in Melbourne issued a "FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR WEST MELBOURNE AND PALM BAY". At 11:35 a.m., NWS said "Between 15 and 20 inches of rain have fallen" in southeastern Brevard, added Grant-Valkaria to the emergency and rated the flash flood damage threat "CATASTROPHIC."

AI-assisted caption: The rain over southern Brevard kept piling up all morning, according to National Weather Service Melbourne flash flood warnings received by this dish: "Between 6 and 8 inches of rain have fallen" at 4:44 AM EST, "Between 12 and 15 inches of rain have fallen" at 9:34 AM EST, and "Between 15 and 20 inches of rain have fallen" at 11:35 AM EST. Source: National Weather Service

NWS warnings showed the totals climbing through the morning: "Between 6 and 8 inches of rain have fallen" at 4:44 a.m., "12 and 15 inches" at 9:34 a.m., and 15 to 20 inches by 11:35 a.m.

Reports sent to NWS Melbourne Monday morning showed what that looked like on the ground:

• A trained spotter reported flooding near Nebraska Street NE and Rome Avenue NE in Palm Bay, with two vehicles stalled in the water (NWS storm report).
• An NWS employee reported Horizon View Avenue flooded west of West Melbourne, with water "nearly halfway up car tires" (NWS storm report).
• Melbourne police reported a road closure near Sarno Road and Eau Gallie Boulevard because of flooding (NWS storm report).
• Media reported a road closure at Helen Street and Minton Road because of flooding (NWS storm report).

At 1:38 p.m., NWS lowered the emergency to a Flash Flood Warning. The flooding isn't over. At 9:29 p.m., NWS issued a new Flash Flood Warning for southeastern Brevard and north central Indian River County until 11 p.m., saying "Between 14 and 22 inches of rain have fallen" and 1 to 3 more inches are possible. A Flood Warning for southeastern Brevard runs until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

For more on Monday's flooding, see our stories on the Flash Flood Emergency, the Flash Flood Warnings, photos of the flooding, Tuesday's school closures and the state of emergency.

Image: NOAA GOES-19, received by SCW Affiliate Jean. Captions marked "AI-assisted" were written with AI help and checked against NWS bulletins. Weather facts: National Weather Service Melbourne.