1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 27, 9:15 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1015 AM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002 CLOSED H100-H50 LOW OVER THE NE GOMEX/TN VALLEY IS COMBINING WITH THE ATLC SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS OVER CUBA/FL STRAITS TO PRODUCE A STRONG SW FLOW ACROSS FL. MORNING SOUNDINGS AND LATEST RUC40 ANALYSIS SHOW ALMOST UNIDIRECTIONAL SW FLOW IN THE H100-H50 LAYER ACROSS ALL BUT THE EXTREME SE PENINSULA/WRN PANHANDLE. LARGE RAINMASS W/EMBEDDED CONVECTION OVER THE N/WRN PENINSULA...MUCH OF THE INTERIOR CWA HAS EXPERIENCE THE INITIAL SURGE OF PRECIP ALREADY...AND LATEST RADAR IMAGES SHOW THE STRATIFORM RAIN BEHIND THE INITIAL CONVECTIVE LINE IS DISSIPATING. WHILE THIS HAS STABILIZED THE AMS OVER THE INTERIOR CWA...THERE STILL IS PLENTY OF MID/UPR LVL SUPPORT IN PLACE AND SEVERAL HOURS OF DAYLIGHT LEFT. TSTORM POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS IF THE CLOUD SHIELD THINS BEGINS TO THIN OUT. WILL REFRESH THE ZFP WORDING...BUT OVERALL THE MORNING PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OTHER THAN A MINOR POP ADJUSTMENT. MARINE...FCST IS IN LINE WITH THE LATEST C-MAN/DATA BUOY OBS...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PLANNED WITH THE MORNING UPDATE. .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...BRAGAW AVIATION/FIRE WX...CRISTALDI
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 272100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1145 AM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TODAY... ...POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING POSSIBLE... A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS HAS MOVED INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. THE DEEP MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER GEORGIA WILL RESULT IN MUCH GREATER RAIN CHANCES THAN THE PAST FEW DAYS. A DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE PENINSULA WILL STEER THE STORMS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE STORMS WILL HAVE A THE POTENTIAL TO TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS...AND COULD PRODUCE HIGH PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. LOCAL AREAS COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 3 OF RAIN IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME PERIOD. PONDING WATER ON ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL RESULT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN A FEW AREAS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER...WHERE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRING OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. ALTHOUGH RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE ST JOHNS HAVE SLOWLY DECREASED IN RECENT DAYS...HEAVY RAINS MAY BRING THE RIVER BACK DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO FLOOD STAGE...ESPECIALLY AT GENEVA AND SANFORD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. MOVE INSIDE AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE CORDED TELEPHONES DURING A THUNDERSTORM. FOR MARINERS...STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE MAINLAND WILL MOVE OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS MAY BRING WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS. TO VIEW THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS PRODUCT...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:40 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds produced minor wind damaged to 6 mobile homes in the Spanish Lakes area of Port St. Lucie.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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