St. Johns River near Cocoa holds in major flood; homes affected
The NWS Melbourne warning issued Nov. 9 at 8:04 p.m. EST (as reposted by DefconLevel; weather.gov was not opened) put the river at 17.0 feet, above the 16.0-foot flood stage, expected to stay near that level through this week. The warning text says water is entering homes in the Lake Poinsett area west of Cocoa, low-lying homes in the Silver Pines subdivision in Rockledge and the Shakespeare Park area of Cocoa, and the Providence Road area is impassable. A news report attributed the flooding to more than 20 inches of rain on southern Brevard in under 24 hours. An earlier local report called the river minor flood; the NWS warning is the later and more specific source. Gov. DeSantis declared a state of emergency for Brevard and six other counties (reported by the Space Coast Rocket; the count was later reported as 14 counties, not re-checked).