{"id":446438,"date":"2026-11-03T20:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446438\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T20:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T20:40:26","slug":"historic-flooding-event-here-is-how-much-rain-fell-across-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/446438\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic flooding event: Here is how much rain fell across Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla.  \u2013 A combination of an upper-level disturbance and persistent easterly winds brought rounds of heavy rain to Central Florida starting Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Brevard County saw historic flooding, with some areas experiencing a 1-in-100-year flood event and more than 23 inches of rain. Other counties avoided the same level of damage but still recorded impressive rainfall totals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Here\u2019s a look at the top rain totals across Central Florida counties, based on preliminary reports from the National Weather Service Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Brevard County<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Brevard County saw the most significant rainfall and the most damaging flooding.<\/p>\n<p>23.69\u2033 \u2013 Grant-Valkaria<\/p>\n<p>23.44\u2033 \u2013 Malabar<\/p>\n<p>19.75\u2033 \u2013 Palm Bay<\/p>\n<p>13.88\u2033 \u2013 Melbourne Beach<\/p>\n<p>13.11\u2033 \u2013 Melbourne<\/p>\n<p>12.03\u2033 \u2013 Palm Shores<\/p>\n<p>11.61\u2033 \u2013 Titusville<\/p>\n<p>11.43\u2033 \u2013 Floridana Beach<\/p>\n<p>11.26\u2033 \u2013 Lagrange<\/p>\n<p>10.33\u2033 \u2013 Camp Holly Fish Camp<\/p>\n<p>10.03\u2033 \u2013 Melbourne Village<\/p>\n<p>9.74\u2033 \u2013 Kennedy Space Center<\/p>\n<p>8.00\u2033 \u2013 Suntree<\/p>\n<p>7.67\u2033 \u2013 Aurantia<\/p>\n<p>6.98\u2033 \u2013 Bayside Lakes<\/p>\n<p>6.97\u2033 \u2013 Merritt Island<\/p>\n<p>6.86\u2033 \u2013 Viera<\/p>\n<p>6.83\u2033 \u2013 Port Canaveral<\/p>\n<p>6.81\u2033 \u2013 Port St. John<\/p>\n<p>6.10\u2033 \u2013 Cape Canaveral<\/p>\n<p>5.95\u2033 \u2013 Cocoa<\/p>\n<p>5.56\u2033 \u2013 Patrick Space Force Base<\/p>\n<p>5.44\u2033 \u2013 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station<\/p>\n<p>5.44\u2033 \u2013 Pineda<\/p>\n<p>Seminole County<\/p>\n<p>8.44\u2033 \u2013 Lake Harney<\/p>\n<p>6.91\u2033 \u2013 Geneva<\/p>\n<p>6.19\u2033 \u2013 Winter Springs<\/p>\n<p>6.06\u2033 \u2013 Longwood<\/p>\n<p>5.36\u2033 \u2013 Goldenrod<\/p>\n<p>5.32\u2033 \u2013 Fern Park<\/p>\n<p>5.28\u2033 \u2013 Forest City<\/p>\n<p>Orange County<\/p>\n<p>7.43\u2033 \u2013 Eatonville<\/p>\n<p>6.06\u2033 \u2013 Aloma<\/p>\n<p>6.04\u2033 \u2013 Azalea Park<\/p>\n<p>5.80\u2033 \u2013 Orlando Executive Airport<\/p>\n<p>Lake CountyOsceola County<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Floodwaters will take time to recede, especially in Brevard County, where some neighborhoods experienced extreme rainfall and widespread flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">If possible, stay home until water levels go down and roads are safe to travel. If you must drive through neighborhoods, slow down to avoid creating wakes that can push water into homes and businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Never drive or walk through floodwater, and keep children away from flooded streets, ditches and waterways. Floodwater can be deeper and more dangerous than it looks.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Forecast<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793738426_517_wkmg_weatherdaily.webp\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">The News 6 Weather team ensures you&#8217;re always on top of the day&#8217;s weather.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A combination of an upper-level disturbance and persistent easterly winds brought rounds of heavy rain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,508],"class_list":["post-446438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}