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 Nov 16, 2:15 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 215 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH EVENING... CURRENTLY/TONIGHT...SURFACE LOW HAS BEEN STEADILY MOVING EAST AND NOW APPEARS TO BE GETTING INLAND ACROSS THE BIG BEND AREA. MODELS SHOW THIS LOW REACHING OFFSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA BY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES THIS EVENING AS DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL REMAIN HIGH...THOUGH EXPECT THAT IT WILL BECOME MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL AS LOW TRANSFERS INTO THE ATLANTIC. WILL CARRY HIGH POPS BUT THINK THAT BULK OF IT WILL THIS EVENING RATHER THAN AN ALL NIGHT RAIN AS GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING. SUN...NO REAL CHANGES SEEN WITH LATEST MODEL RUNS AS COLD ADVECTION WILL BE UNDERWAY IN EARNEST BY THE START OF THE DAY. SINCE THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF WESTERLY COMPONENT...EXPECT A RATHER LARGE COLD AIR STRATOCU FIELD TO ADVECT ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE GULF. IN ADDITION MODELS SHOW 500 MB COLD POOL TRAVERSING THE NORTHEAST GULF...WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE A BAND OF LOW TOPPED SHOWERS THAT SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. HENCE THE CURRENT FORECAST SHOWING A LOW POP LOOKS GOOD. IN SHORT...SUNDAY LOOKS LIKE A BREEZY...QUITE CLOUDY AND DOWNRIGHT CHILLY DAY. SUN NIGHT MINS WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF 40 AND A 10 MPH WIND WILL BRING WIND CHILL READINGS TOWARDS THE LOWER 30S...WHICH LOOKS BORDERLINE FOR AN ADVISORY AT THIS TIME. MON-WED...SURFACE HIGH BEHIND COLD FRONT WILL BE FURTHER SOUTH THAN EARLIER ONES...SO IN ADDITION TO GOOD COLD ADVECTION MONDAY MORNING...THE FOLLOWING NIGHT SHOULD ALSO BE BELOW NORMAL...THOUGH SOUTHERN COASTAL SECTIONS SHOULD START TO MODIFY AS HIGH ELONGATES AND AN ONSHORE COMPONENT SETS UP. FLOW PATTERN BECOMES GENERALLY ZONAL ON MON WITH NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVING BY WELL TO THE NORTH TUE. THIS TROUGH WILL WEAKEN SURFACE RIDGE A LITTLE BUT THEN IT IS FORECAST TO REBUILD FURTHER NORTH BY WED. NEXT SHORTWAVE IS FORECAST TO START DIGGING INTO THE WESTERN GULF WED...WITH LATEST GFS SHOWING PRESSURES STARTING TO FALL TO OUR SOUTH. THU-SAT...PLAN ON INTRODUCING SOME RAIN CHANCES AS 12Z GFS IS CONTINUING TO DIG THE TROUGH INTO THE GULF...WITH DAY 6/7 PROGS SHOWING A SURFACE LOW FORMING TO OUR SOUTH AND MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC. UKMET LOOKS A LITTLE FURTHER WEST WITH UPPER TROUGH BUT A GENERAL LOWERING OF PRESSURES TO OUR SOUTH SHOULD SUPPORT A BREEZY ONSHORE FLOW AND RETURN OF MOISTURE. MARINE...STRONG WIND FIELDS WILL KEEP ADVISORY CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY WITH GRADUAL DIMINISHING MONDAY. GFS SHOWING SOME 30 KNOT WINDS TONIGHT/SUNDAY SO PLAN TO GO WITH 20-25 AND GUSTY. DO NOT SEE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE WEEK THOUGH AS HIGH SHOULD REMAIN FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO KEEP NORTHEAST GRADIENT FLOW UP TO AT LEAST 15 KNOTS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... DAB EU 058/065 039/063 046 +300 MCO EU 060/064 041/064 047 +300 MLB EU 063/068 042/065 052 +300 .MLB...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. PUBLIC/MARINE...LASCODY AVIATION/FIRE...GITTINGER
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 162045- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1102 AM EST SAT NOV 16 2002 .DAY ONE... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR INDIAN RIVER...MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EVENING... A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL CROSS OVER NORTH FLORIDA LATE TODAY. THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM AND STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR HAVE INCREASED THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OFF THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA COAST WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTH PART OF THE PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SEVERE STORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. A SQUALL LINE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT MAY ALSO AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE EARLY EVENING...SO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER STILL INCLUDES ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. MAKE SURE YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IS TUNED PROPERLY. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT OR GO ONLINE TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. MARINE INTERESTS...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM INLAND AREAS TO THE COASTAL WATERS. LOCAL WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST STORMS. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. NET CONTROL PERSONNEL AND SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE ESPECIALLY IF AN ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER EVENT BECOMES EVIDENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... BRISK WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT COMBINED WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES MAY PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S. RL
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:16 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds damaged air-conditioner units on a large warehouse store in West Melbourne. Large pallets of boxing material were moved around in the parking lot.
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