Weather Alerts for Florida

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1. Flood Watch for: Inland Volusia; Coastal Volusia; Coastal Indian River; Coastal St. Lucie; Coastal Martin; Inland Northern Brevard; Inland Indian River; Inland St. Lucie; Inland Martin; Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands; Inland Southern Brevard; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

2. Flood Watch for: Metro Palm Beach County; Metro Broward County; Metropolitan Miami Dade; Coastal Palm Beach County; Coastal Broward County; Coastal Miami Dade County

3. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Indian River; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

4. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Coastal Flagler; Northeast Coastal St. Johns; Southeast Coastal St. Johns; Coastal Glynn; Coastal Camden

5. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Palm Beach County

6. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal St. Lucie; Coastal Martin

7. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Volusia

8. High Surf Advisory for: Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands

9. Red Flag Warning for: Central Walton; Holmes; Washington; Jackson; Inland Bay; Calhoun; Inland Gulf; Gadsden; Leon; South Walton; Coastal Bay; Northern Liberty; Southern Liberty; Dougherty; Worth; Turner; Tift; Ben Hill; Irwin; Miller; Baker; Mitchell; Colquitt; Cook; Berrien; Seminole; Decatur; Grady; Thomas; Brooks

10. Red Flag Warning for: Escambia Inland; Escambia Coastal; Santa Rosa Inland; Santa Rosa Coastal; Okaloosa Inland; Okaloosa Coastal

11. Red Flag Warning for: North Walton

12. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Broward County; Coastal Miami Dade County

13. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Franklin

14. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Indian River; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

15. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Coastal Flagler; Northeast Coastal St. Johns; Southeast Coastal St. Johns; Coastal Glynn; Coastal Camden

16. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Palm Beach County

17. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal St. Lucie; Coastal Martin

18. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Volusia

19. Rip Current Statement for: Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands

20. Wind Advisory for: Coastal Indian River; Coastal St. Lucie; Inland Indian River; Inland St. Lucie

21. Wind Advisory for: Coastal Martin; Inland Martin

22. Wind Advisory for: Inland Flagler; Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Coastal Flagler; Northeast Coastal St. Johns; South Central Duval; Southeast Coastal St. Johns; Northern Inland St. Johns; Southern Inland St. Johns; Western St. Johns

23. Wind Advisory for: Inland Northern Brevard; Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands; Inland Southern Brevard; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

24. Wind Advisory for: Inland Volusia; Coastal Volusia

25. Wind Advisory for: Northern Lake County; Orange; Seminole; Osceola; Southern Lake County

26. Wind Advisory for: Okeechobee

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Next Topic: Rain

Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

Next Topic: Sleet