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 Jun 18, 2:30 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 330 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002 CURRENT WX FEATURES... SFC...STORM COMPLEX CENTERED JUST S OF THE FL BIG BEND CONTINUES TO GENERATE LINES OF RW/TRW OVER THE PENINSULA. SYSTEM ORGANIZED ENOUGH EARLIER TODAY TO FORM AN EYE FEATURE OVER THE ERN GOMEX THAT MOVED UP THE NW PENINSULA. A STANTIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE MS BOOTHEEL TO THE NC OUTER BANKS. H85-H70...THETA-E RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ACROSS THE SRN FL PENINSULA TO BERMUDA. LARGE AREA OF H70 OMEGA LIFT IS BLANKETING MOST THE STATE. H50-H25...WEAK VORT MAXES NOTED OVER CUBA AND THE ERN GOMEX. HI AMP S/WV OVER THE SERN STATES/CENTRAL GOMEX HAS MADE LITTLE PROGRESS OVER THE PAST 12HRS. H25 JET OVER THE ERN SEABOARD IS PLACING MOST OF THE CWA IN AN AREA OF STRONG UPR LVL DIVERGENCE. SECONDARY H25 JET OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IS BEGINNING TO ROUND THE S/WV AXIS. FCST DISC... HI PRES OVER THE NE U.S. WILL DRIFT INTO THE WRN ATLC AND REINFORCE THE BERMUDA HI...WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DRAWING IT TO THE N. RESULTING SFC-H85 FLOW WILL SHIFT TO THE S/SE BY 00Z THU. ALOFT... THE H25 MAX OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL CONTINUE ROUNDING THE S/WV AXIS OVER THE GOMEX OVERNIGHT...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PLACE THE FL PENINSULA UNDER ITS LF QUAD BY 12Z WED. FURTHERMORE...WIT THE NRNMOST JET MAX LINGERING N OF THE OUTER BANKS...A COUPLED H25 JET PATTERN MAY RESULT OVER THE SE U.S. COAST ON WED. UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE COUPLED JET...LATEST ETA/AVN OUTPUT DEVELOP AN INVERTED SFC TROF ALONG THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE SE U.S. BY 12Z WED. THIS WOULD DELAY THE NWD PROGRESSION OF THE BERMUDA RIDGE...MEANING THE DEPTH OF THE ERLIES MAY NOT REACH QUITE AS HIGH AS PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS HAVE INDICATED. BOTH ETA/AVN ARE HINTING THAT THE H85-H50 MEAN RIDGE AXIS MAY STALL OVER THE CENTRAL FL PENINSULA...AND BOTH MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE INDICATING S/SE WINDS UP TO H50 THROUGH 00Z FRI. HIGHER MOISTURE AND BETTER LIFT ARE INDICATED OVER THE NRN HALF OF THE CWA ON WED...WITH A S/SWRLY STEERING FLOW DELAYING SEABREEZE FORMATION FROM KXMR NWD...WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS. OVER THE SRN CWA...A STRONGER SERLY WIND COMPONENT WILL ADVECT SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR IN FROM THE SW ATLC...BUT MOISTURE LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO KEEP SCT POPS IN THE FCST. ANOTHER MOISTURE WAVE WILL WORK ITS WAY INTO THE STATE BY THU...BRINGING POPS BACK UP TO THE 60 RANGE FOR THE SRN CWA. MARINE...CANAVERAL BUOYS CONTINUE TO INDICATE S/SE WINDS 15KTS WITH 4-5FT SEAS...SPGF/LKWF C-MAN STATIONS ARE REPORTING THE SAME. ALTHOUGH WINDS/SEAS ARE BORDERLINE CAUTIONARY LVL...BUOY009 IS MEASURING BOTH THE DOMINANT AND AVG WV PDS AT A NAUSEATING 4SEC. WILL KEEP THE CAUTIONARY STATEMENT UP WITH THE AFTN PACKAGE AND WILL MENTIONS CHOPPY SEAS IN THE TEXT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT TO THE S/SE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING SE ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS BY WED AFTN. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... DAB TB 070/085 071/086 071 564 MCO TB 072/088 072/087 072 453 MLB BB 073/086 075/085 073 344 81 .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...BRAGAW AVIATION/FIRE WX...GLITTO
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 182100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1045 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2002 ...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS THE NORTH... ...A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE... ...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION... THE ATMOSPHERE OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. DAYTIME HEATING...COMBINED WITH A FAVORABLE JET STREAM PATTERN WILL FURTHER DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON... ALLOWING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS TO FORM OVER THE REGION. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE HIGHEST FROM LAKE KISSIMMEE AND TITUSVILLE NORTH TO THE OCALA FOREST AND FLAGLER BEACH. THE STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES. ALSO...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE REMAIN A LITTLE COLDER THAN NORMAL...WHICH COULD ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. A DEEP LAYER OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL ALLOW SURFACE WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS...WITH SEAS RANGING FROM 3 TO 5 FEET. THE WINDS WILL PUSH THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS TODAY. THE RAPID STORM MOVEMENT MAY RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND WAIT FOR STORMS TO PASS BEFORE VENTURING BACK OUTSIDE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED FATALITIES IN FLORIDA. THE GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MLB/HWOFILES/HWOMAIN.HTML BRAGAW
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 3 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust to 51 knots was recorded in a thunderstorm at NASA wind tower number 36.
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