Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Melbourne, FL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
217 PM EDT THU APR 21 1994

88D LIGHTING UP LIKE A XMAS TREE ATTM OVER CENTRAL PART OF STATE ATTM.
BEST FORCING OVER FA IS 00Z TONIGHT (EVEN DECENT Q VECTOR FORCING WAS
EVIDENT IN GRIDDED DATA!) ALTHOUGH FORCING AND RELATIVELY COOL TEMPS
ALOFT WILL BE OVER AREA THROUGHOUT FCST PD. AM EXPECTING VERY STRONG
POSSIBLY SVR STORMS OVER CENTRAL PART OF FA LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS
EAST COAST C BRZ CAN BE SEEN ON 88D PROPAGATING W. THIS WILL LIKELY
COLLIDE WITH W CST C BREEZE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ATTM WILL KEEP TRW/RW
GOING UNTIL EARLY MORNING HOURS TONIGHT. GOOD MOISTURE REMAINS OVER
AREA SO WILL KEEP POPS IN 40-50% RANGE DURING DAYLIGHT PDS DURING FCST
PD. WITH WESTERLY FLOW BLVL FLOW WOULD EXPECT E CST TO SEE SOME MORE
STRONG STORM ON SAT.

@1...VOLUSIA
@2...LAKE SEMINOLE ORANGE OSCEOLA
@3...BREVARD INDIAN RIVER
@4...MARTIN ST LUCIE OKEECHOBEE

MCO 68/85/67/85 5534
DAB 66/83/65/81 5535
MLB 68/84/68/82 4535

MLB...NONE.

SJH

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SPECIAL AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1119 AM EDT THU APR 21 1994

...GOOD CHANCE FOR WATERSPOUT FORMATION OVER NORTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY COASTAL WATERS...

DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A THUNDERSTORM JUST OFF PLAYALINDA
BEACH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
WATERSPOUT FORMATION WITH THIS STORM IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS IN
THE BREVARD COUNTY COASTAL WATERS. IF YOU SHOULD SElE A WATERSPOUT
SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.

IF YOU SIGHT A WATERSPOUT...CONTACT THE COAST GUARD OR OTHER LOCAL
OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
205 PM EDT THU APR 21 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

AT 205 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST
STORM WERE LOCATED FROM FORT DRUM SOUTHWARD TO 7 MILES EAST OF
OKEECHOBEE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM PATRICK AIR FORCE
BASE IN BREVARD COUNTY TO FORT DRUM. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING
FROM CLERMONT NORTHEASTWARD TO MOUNT DORA TO JUST NORTH OF DAYTONA
BEACH.

THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY
SMALL HAIL. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING HEAVY RAIN. SOME STREETS MAY FLOOD
QUICKLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
305 PM EDT THU APR 21 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

AT 3 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST
STORM WERE LOCATED FROM LEESBURG TO ZELLWOOD EASTWARD TO OAK HILL.
RESIDENTS IN LEESBURG IN LAKE COUNTY REPORTED NEARLY CONTINUOUS
LIGHTNING WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
JUST WEST OF MELBOURNE SOUTHWARD TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED ALONG THE
WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO LAKE COUNTY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING HEAVY RAIN. SOME STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING ALMOST CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING.
REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT YOURSELF EVEN THOUGH THE
THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
302 PM EDT THU APR 21 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF MARION
COUNTY...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL..HAIL..AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND TAMPA
AND WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST 15 MPH. 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED 9
MILES NORTH OF BROOKSVILLE.

THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD SPREAD TO THE EAST COAST FROM FLAGLER
BEACH TO DAYTONA BEACH AND VERO BEACH.

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