Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Melbourne, FL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
248 PM EDT SAT JUN 8 1996

WATCH JUST ISSUED...WILL BE BRIEF WITH ONGOING SVR. C-BRZ COLLISION
SEEMS IMMINENT OVER SRN HALF CWA WITH STRONG STORMS ON EACH BDRY
ALREADY...WILL LIKELY SE MORE SVR. NUMEROUS LEFTOVER BDRYS LIKELY TO
BE ARND THRU THIS EVENING.

TOMORROW SHAPING UP SIMILAR WITH APPROACHING LOW LEVEL TROF AND
EVER-INCREASING MSTR. PGRAD LOOKS SIMILAR TO TODAY THRU H48. WIL LKLY
HAVE BOTH COASTS C-BRZ...WITH COLLISION PSBL OVR INTRR. SELS 98O PUTS
US IN SLIGHT RISK SO MORE SVR STORMS PSBL TOMORROW.

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EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1045 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 1996

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...

DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS RETURNED PLENTIFUL MOISTURE TO THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA. DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW A STRONG SEA BREEZE TO DEVELOP
AND PUSH SLOWLY INLAND. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE
SEA BREEZE AS IT MOVES WEST THROUGH THE COASTAL COUNTIES DURING THE
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. DURING MID AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL
STORMS WILL FORM AND BECOME NUMEROUS ACROSS THE INTERIOR. BY LATE
AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES
AGAIN...AND WILL LAST INTO THE EVENING.

RELATIVELY COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW SOME STORMS TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...
POSSIBLY PRODUCING HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH OR HIGHER. HEAVY
RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY AND MAY LEAD TO TEMPORARILY FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS SUCH AS LOW LYING STREETS...PARKING LOTS...SMALL
STREAMS...AND CULVERTS. FLORIDA'S NUMBER ONE WEATHER THREAT...
FREQUENT AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT
THREAT TO SAFETY. LIGHTNING FROM STORMS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON KILLED A
PERSON NEAR ST. PETERSBURG...SO RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR STORMS TODAY...AND MOVE INDOORS AT ONCE SHOULD ONE APPROACH.

MARINE OUTLOOK...SHOWERS ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR THE MARTIN
AND ST LUCIE COUNTY COAST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 75 MILES OFFSHORE CAPE
CANAVERAL WILL CONTINUE. MORE STORMS WILL DEVELOP JUST INLAND DURING
THE LATE MORNING...PERHAPS NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...AND MOVE
SLOWLY WEST. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FORM BY MID AND LATE AFTERNOON
OVER THE COASTAL AND INLAND COUNTIES...AND THESE STORMS MAY MOVE EAST
TO THE NEAR SHORE COASTAL WATERS AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENINGx. ALL
MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND LISTEN TO SHORT TERM
FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

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EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
300 PM EDT SAT JUN 8 1996

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL
900 PM...

NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG BOTH THE
EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. THESE BOUNDARIES ARE EXPECTED TO
COLLIDE OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE NORTH TO
METRO ORLANDO AND THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST. MORE STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM WHEN THIS OCCURS. SEVERE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND TORRENTIAL
RAINS. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM. HEAD INDOORS AT ONCE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF
THUNDERSTORMS.

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA AT THIS TIME. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS OF HAIL OR HIGH WINDS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MELBOURNE.

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