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 Mar 26, 2:25 PM EST, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 225 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 CURRENTLY LOCAL RADAR BECOMING VERY ACTIVE WITH SLOW MOVING LIGHTNING STORMS ON THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 FROM VOLUSIA TO MARTIN COUNTY...AND AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. MODEL COMPARSION...AVN AND NGM STILL FAST IN DRYING OUT THE AREA. LIKE MY MIDSHIFT COUNTERPART...PREFER THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER ETA SOLUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MOISTURE FIELDS. REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH LIGHTNING STORMS GOING ON ALREADY ON THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL BUMP UP POPS INDIAN RIVER NORTH. WEST COAST SEA BREEZE DID NOT HAVE MUCH CONVECTION WITH IT AS IT PUSHES INLAND. LOOKING FOR BOTH SEA BREEZE TO S COLLIDE OVER MY INTERIOR COUNTIES. A WEAK PACKET OF MID/ UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND COOL...-12C...TEMPERATURES AT 500MB MOVING OVER THE CWA IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOULD MAKE A FEW STORMS A LITTLE STRONGER THAN THE USUAL GARDEN VARIETY LIGHTNING STORMS. WITH STEERING WINDS FORECAST TO BECOME MORE SOUTH THEN SOUTHWESTERLY AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEAR ON...ANY STORMS THAT HAVE FORMED OVER THE INTERIOR WILL BE PUSHED TOWARD THE COAST...MAINLY VOLUSIA...AND MAYBE NORTH BREVARD COUNTIES...LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WILL MAKE LAST MINUTE PRECIP CALL BASED ON RADAR COVERAGE. WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIGHT WIND FIELDS WILL AGAIN ALLOW SEA BREEZES TO FORM...PUSH INLAND...AND FORM LIGHTNING STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR. STEERING WINDS WILL PUSH THE SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE EAST AGAIN. THURSDAY...BOH ETA MODELS SHOWING A WEAK WESTERLY GRADIENT FLOW. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR SEA BREEZES TO BE PINNED ALONG THE EAST COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WILL PUT IN A SMALL POP FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS SOUTH BREVARD TO MARTIN. FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND FLORIDA WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURE. EXPECT WINDS TO COME AROUND TO THE EAST AND NORMAL TO A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW. MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...ECMWF AND MRF SHOW A FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND INTO THE PANHANDLE/NORTH FLORIDA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH GRAPHICAL PROGS SHOW SOME MID/UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT ...THE NUMERICAL PROGS ARE JUST SHOWING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND POPS IN THE TEENS. WILL NOT INTRODUCE ANY POPS THIS CYCLE. COASTAL WATERS...SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AS FRONT APPROACHES TONIGHT THEN VEERING TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS CONTINUE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST BY THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST. DAB BB 063/079 055/076 055 510 MCO BB 065/083 057/081 057 310 MLB BB 067/080 059/077 059 420 .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...WIMMER AVIATION/FIRE WX...GLITTO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
326 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
250 PM 9W VERO BEACH FL 1.00 INCH HAIL
03/26/02 INDIAN RIVER NWS SPOTTER - DIME TO
NICKEL HAIL AND GUST TO
55 MPH.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
517 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
428 PM INDIANTOWN FL 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/26/02 MARTIN INDIANTOWN DISPATCH
RELAYED PEPORT OF DIME
SIZE HAIL OBSERVED AT FOX
BROWN ROAD NEAR
INDIANTOWN.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
655 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
645 PM DELAND FL 0.75 INCH HAIL
03/26/02 VOLUSIA NWS STORM SPOTTER IN
DELAND REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL.The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:55 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a few large trees in Palm Bay destroying a small shed and a fence.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, March 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5289380.