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 1, 1:15 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 215 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 .DISCUSSION...SLOW MOVING STORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER LAND. MAIN CONCERN THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM PERSISTENT CELLS AS WELL AS LIGHTNING. WITH NUMEROUS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS EXPECTED TO KEEP ACTIVITY GOING INTO THE EVENING WILL USE SCATTERED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER COVERAGE OVER THE COAST AS PCPN SHIFTS INLAND. SAT/SUN...SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE OHIO AND TN VALLEY AMPLIFIES SOUTHWARD AND ACTS TO PUSH THE AXIS OF SURFACE RIDGE SOUTHWARD. THIS TROUGH SHOULD ACT TO STEER APCHG TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY EAST OF THE BAHAMAS NORTHWARD EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA KEEPING OUR AREA IN THE DRIER SUBSIDENT REGION. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL ALSO BECOME PINCHED SOUTHWARD SOMEWHAT BY THE INTERACTION OF THE ABOVE FEATURES. WITH WEAK STEERING WINDS AND DECENT SEA BREEZE PUSH INLAND FROM THE EAST COAST WILL INDICATE SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS FOR THE COAST AND CONTINUED HIGHER CHANCE OVER THE INTERIOR SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS LINGERING INTO THE EVENING. BY SUNDAY...S TO SW UPPER FLOW SHOULD BECOME BETTER ESTABLISHED AS RIDGE REMAINS SUPPRESSED SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. PRECIP COVERAGE WILL BECOME ORIENTED CLOSER TO THE MARINE AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE TREASURE COAST WILL CARRY HIGH RANGE SCATTERED POPS FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST COAST. MONDAY-WEDNESDAY...WITH SIMILAR RIDGE POSITION MONDAY...EXPECT EASTERN AREAS TO BE MOST FAVORED FOR LATE DAY CONVECTION WITH A LARGE SCALE BREEZE COLLISION OVER THE INTERIOR...POSSIBLY EAST OF INTERSTATE FOUR. GUIDANCE TOWARD MIDWEEK SUGGESTS RIDGE MAY LIFT SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD TO CENTRAL PENINSULA AGAIN TUE/WED RESULTING IN MORE UNIFORM PRECIP COVERAGE AND TREND OF POPS BACK TO CLIMO. .MARINE...WITH POSITION OF RIDGE AXIS VARYING NEAR THE MARINE AREA...PREVAILING WINDS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA. MARINE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY BE NEAR THE SHORE DURING DAYTIME PERIODS WITH NIGHTTIME ACTIVITY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED OVER THE WATERS. HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE ASCD WITH DAYTIME SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB TT 072/088 072/090 075 34354 MCO TT 072/092 073/092 074 55352 MLB TT 073/088 073/089 075 34244 VRB TT 073/088 073/090 075 34243 44 .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. SHORT TERM...KELLY LONG TERM....PENDERGRAST
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 012000- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1023 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING: A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE HAS SHIFTED NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL FORM BY LATE MORNING ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST AND BY MID DAY ACROSS VOLUSIA COUNTY. A FEW STORMS WILL FORM ON THIS BOUNDARY AS IT DRIFTS INLAND. STORM COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL INCREASE WHEN THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE COLLIDES... FIRST WITH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE BREEZE AROUND MID AFTERNOON...THEN THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE THIS EVENING OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE FROM THIS MORNINGS WEATHER BALLOONS INDICATES STORMS WILL BE VERY SLOW MOVING. THIS WILL ALLOW SOME AREAS TO SEE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT... TEMPORARY FLOODING OF ROADS...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE LIKELY. AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN RECENTLY WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING. THE SEA AND LAKE BOUNDARY COLLISIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PRODUCE THE STRONGER STORMS OF THE DAY. A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND COIN SIZED HAIL. ALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WHICH MAY BECOME EXCESSIVE IN STRONGER STORMS. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF NO SHELTER IS NEARBY...CROUCH IN A LOW SPOT AWAY FROM TREES AND OTHER TALL OBJECTS. WATER CONDUCTS ELECTRICITY... SO SWIMMERS SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING OR CAR. PICNIC SHELTERS AND DUGOUTS MAY KEEP YOU DRY BUT THEY OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM THE LIGHTNING DANGER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AND MOVE BACK TOWARD THE EAST COAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT BACK SOUTH BY SUNDAY...ALLOWING STORMS TO APPROACH THE EAST COAST THROUGH MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO SELF ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON IF STRONG STORMS DEVELOP...AND RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. KELLY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms winds swept across the town of Okeechobee damaging 3 roofs, many fences and some screen porches.
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