1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 1:30 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 230 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001 CURRENT...SCT TRW'S MVG WEST ACROSS CWA AHEAD OF UPPER VORT LOBE. HAD A FINGER ON THE TRIGGER AS SOME STORMS BECAME STRONG AND PULSED UP TO JUST UNDER SVR LIMITS...BUT THEY HAVE NOT SUSTAINED THAT STRENGTH AND HAVE MOSTLY PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS AND LOTS OF LIGHTNING. DID ISSUE ONE SVR FOR MERRIT ISLANDS AS STORMS PULSED UP ALONG THE COAST. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE WILL LOOK AT LATEST TRENDS TO DETERMINE EVENING POPS. UPR LVL SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON USHERING DRYER AIR INTO THE REGION. MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT ON THIS FEATURE THAN YESTERDAY WITH THE NGM TRENDING TOWARDS THE DRYER AVN/ETA SOLUTIONS. LOOKS LIKE MON WILL BE ONE OF THE DRIEST DAYS IN A WHILE WITH PWATS DRIVEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NEAR ONE INCH...ACCORDING TO AVN AND ETA. NGM KEEPS PWATS GENERALLY AROUND 1.2 INCHES. WITH THIS SCENARIO...DON'T EXPECT TO SEE MUCH IF ANY RW'S/TRW'S ALONG THE SEA BREEZES...BUT DO EXPECT A EAST/WEST COAST SEA BREEZE COLLISION LATE AS SW FLOW GREATLY DIMINISHES OVERNIGHT. IN FACT H85 WINDS LOOK TO DROP TO 5 KTS. WILL KEEP CHC POPS SOUTH AND SLT CHC NORTH FOR THIS POSSIBILITY LATE MON. UPR TROF OVER THE ERN US IS CUT OFF AND RETROGRADES BACK TO THE WEST MON AND TUE. THE SFC RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE NORTH TOWARDS THE CAROLINAS TUE ALLOWING EASTERLY FLOW TO RESUME TUE AFTER THE LIGHT WIND TRANSITION DAY ON MON. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN WITH THE EASTERLY FLOW TUE AND WIND REMAIN LIGHT ENOUGH THE A SEA BREEZE COLLISION IS AGAIN POSSIBLE A LITTLE FURTHER WEST...PROBABLY IN THE OUR WRN CWA. CHC POPS IN ORDER FOR TUE BUT COVERAGE AGAIN ON TOWARDS THE LOW SIDE. LOW TEMPS TONIGHT SHUD BE INTERESTING WITH DRYER AIR PUSHING IN. WILL LEAN TOWARDS COOLER AVN LOWS NEXT SEVERAL NIGHTS. EXTENDED...EAST FLOW STRENGTHENS WED WITH AVN CONTINUING TO SHOW SOME SORT OF EASTERLY WAVE AND A SLUG OF DEEP MOISTURE ARRIVING ON WED. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED AS THE AVN HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT WITH THIS SEVERAL RUNS. MRF INDICATES THE RIDGE AXIS WILL SLIDE SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND TOWARDS NRN FL. THIS WILL ALLOW THE EAST/SE FLOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH DIMINISHING SUN. WILL KEEP CHC POPS THROUGH THE EXTENDED WITH GOOD CHC THU. WITH DEEP EAST FLOW EXPECT TROPICAL SHOWERS...WITH CONVECTION OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING ARE EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE COAST...AND EARLY AFTERNOON INLAND. MARINE...WEEK WINDS DURING THE RIDGE AXIS TRANSITION DAY MON WITH LIGHT EAST FLOW DEVELOPING TUE. PGRAD INCREASES WED/THU WITH WINDS UP TO 15 KTS. EASTERLY WAVE LOOKS TO PRODUCE SCT/NUMRS RW/TRW'S WED/THU. FIRE WEATHER...SIGNIFICANT DRYING MAY PRODUCE MARGINAL RH'S ON SUN...BUT DON'T EXPECT TO ACHIEVE DURATION WITH AMOUNT OF GROUND MOISTURE PRESENT DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL. PRELIM CCF... DAB BB F066/089 069/089 072 1112 MCO BB 069/091 069/092 072 1223 MLB BB 069/089 071/088 074 1113 88 .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...GITTINGER AVIATION/FIRE WX...LASCODY
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 242100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1038 AM EDT SUN JUN 24 2001 ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS TODAY... A SHARP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE THE DEEP LAYER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WITHIN THIS TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE STATE TODAY...THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL DEVELOP...BUT NOT MAKE GREAT INLAND PROGRESS. SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING ONSHORE WEST FLORIDA WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON...WHILE ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST BREEZE. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR A LITTLE LATER TODAY ALLOWING FOR A BETTER CHANCE OF HEATING. THIS COMBINED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING OVERHEAD WILL PRODUCE A HIGHLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. THEREFORE...AS THE ACTIVITY MOVES IN FROM THE WEST AND INTERACTS WITH STORMS AND THE SEA BREEZE NEAR THE COAST...STRONG STORMS COULD RESULT...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE COUNTIES AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE...HOWEVER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE STORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ANYONE PLANING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD WATCH TO THE WEST FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. HISTORICALLY...THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE GREAT MAJORITY OF WEATHER RELATED FATALITIES ARE FROM LIGHTNING DONT BECOME A LIGHTNING CASUALTY REMEMBER TO HEAD INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES. THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/HWOFILES/HWOMAIN.HTML GITTINGER
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An F0 tornado touched down briefly in an undeveloped area west of the Space Shuttle launch facility. No damage was reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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