1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 14, 3:10 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 410 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 CURRENTLY... CONTNUING TO FOLLOW VERY STRONG INVERTED TROUGH OFFSHORE CENTRAL/SRN FL...PUSHING TWD THE COAST ATTM. ALTHOUGH A CDO-LIKE FEATURE IS OFFSHORE KPBI-KMIA...SCT SHRA COVER ENTIRETY OF THE MARINE AREA... LOCALLY PRODUCING 40+ MPH WIND GUSTS OFFSHORE AND INTO SOME COASTAL AREAS NEAR SOME OF THEMORE INTENSE ACTIVITY. E-W CURVED SHOWER BAND TO ROTATE WWD ACROSS THE SPACE AND TREASURE COASTS THROUGH ABOUT 08Z. TODAY/TONIGHT...TIMING OF DISTURBANCE PUSHING ACROSS SRN PART OF FL STILL THE SAME WITH GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT THEREAFTER. WITH THE SYSTEM BEING MORE CONSOLIDATED THAN THIS TIME WED...WILL NOT SEE QUITE AS BAD WX MOVE ACROSS NRN COUNTIES...THOUGH STILL SOME SHOWERY/SQUALLY CONDS FOR A GOOD PART OF THE COAST THIS MORNING. FAST MOVING CELLS WILL ALLOW FOR QUICK AGGRAVATION OF ONGING STANDING WATER PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS. TAPERED CATEGORICAL (100%) POPS SOUTH TO LIKELY NORTH TODAY...THEN SCT ALL AREAS TONIGHT. ALSO...CONSERVATIVELY LOWERED MAXES ACROSS THE SOUTH TO L80S...BUT SUSPECT THAT SOME LOCALES WILL STAY RAIN-COOLED ALL DAY AND MAY NOT GET TOO MUCH HIGHER THAN THEIR CURRENT READINGS OF U70S. FRI-SUN... LINGERING TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE PENINSULA ON FRI SHOULD BE HIGH ENOUGH TO ALLOW SCT TSTMS TO FORM...BUT AT A MUCH LOWER COVERAGE THAN ON THU. AS THE T-WAVE RACES INTO THE GOMEX IN THE DEEP EASTERLY FLOW...A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SPILL DOWN THE EAST COAST AND MERGE WITH THE ATLC RIDGE...WHERE IT WILL MORPH INTO ONE OF THE STRONGEST MID LVL RIDGES THIS FCSTR HAS EVER SEEN EAST OF THE MS RIVER VALLEY. GFS PROGS A 600DM H50 HIGH OVER NASHVILLE AROUND 18Z THU...THEN BACKS IT INTO THE SRN PLAINS BY 18Z FRI WHERE IT JOINS FORCE WITH A BUBBLE HIGH OVER THE NRN ROCKY MTNS. THE RESULT IS AN H85-H30 MEAN RIDGE THAT SPANS THE CONTINENT FROM THE PAC NW TO THE FL STRAITS...STRONG ENOUGH THAT BY 00Z SAT...GFS PROGS AN H50 SPOT LOW OVER THE DESERT SW...AT 588DM RESULTING WINDS ALOFT WILL BACK TO THE N/NE ON FRI AT THE RIDGE DEVELOPS...A FLOW PATTERN THAT USUALLY RESULTS IN LOWER THAN CLIMO POPS. THIS ONE SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT AS DRY CONTINENTAL AIR WRAPS AROUND THE ERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE AND INTO THE SW ATLC. BOTH GFS/ETA MODELS INDICATE PW VALUES DROPPING BLO 1.6 OVER MOST OF THE CWA BY 12Z SAT. SFC/BOUNDARY LYR WINDS WILL WEAKEN FRI NIGHT/SAT AS THE ATLC RIDGE PARKS OVER THE FL/GA BORDER...EASTERLY COMPONENT WILL ALLOW THE ECSB TO FORM EARLY ON SAT...WITH DIURNAL PRECIP CONCENTRATING ON THE W FL COAST. PATTERN SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE AFOREMENTIONED RIDGE AXIS WILL BE SLOW TO GIVE UP THE GHOST. MARINE...SCA WINDS/SEAS AT BOTH CANAVERAL BUOYS THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AS THE T-WAVE RACES INTO THE ERN GOMEX. MOST LIKELY WILL HAVE TO MAINTAIN CAUTIONARY WINDS/SEAS FOR TONIGHT...BUT EXPECT TO DROP ALL STATEMENTS BY DAYBREAK FRI. PRELIMINARY CCF... DAB TB 085/074 088/074 088 622 MCO TB 087/074 090/074 091 633 MLB TB 086/075 089/074 088 822 VRB TB 086/075 089/074 088 +22 .MLB...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. SHORT TERM...CRISTALDI LONG TERM...BRAGAW
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 142100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 856 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH GUSTY WINDS IN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATER TODAY... A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE WAS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AT MID MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN AND A FEW LIGHTNING STORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF A PALM BAY TO LAKE KISSIMMEE LINE. NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUED TO BE THE STRONGEST...AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH...ALONG THE SPACE AND TREASURE COASTS...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CONTINUING IN EMBEDDED HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS AND SQUALLS. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE WINDS...RAIN AND GUSTY SQUALLS BEGIN TO SLOWLY ABATE. RESIDENTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING BEACHSIDE...SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS OUTSIDE THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS... AND A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS THAT COULD MOVE ONSHORE THE COAST. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND TAKE QUICK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HIGH WINDS AND SEAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS ...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ATLANTIC THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE IN THE DAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. THE COMBINATION OF ROUGH SURF...A RECENT FULL MOON AND INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW MAY PRODUCE MINOR BEACH EROSION SOUTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE...AROUND MID MORNING. ROUGH SURF...A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS...UNUSUALLY CHILLY SURF FROM THE SPACE COAST NORTHWARD...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND RAIN WILL MAKE FOR GENERALLY UNPLEASANT AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS BEACH WEATHER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OF TOTALING UP TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES BEFORE THE TROPICAL DISTURBANCE MOVES WEST OF FLORIDA LATER TODAY. MOST AREAS WILL SEE LESS THAN AN INCH...BUT SATURATED GROUND AND AREAS OF STANDING WATER FROM RECENT RAINS WILL ALLOW AREAS TO FLOOD MORE QUICKLY THAN USUAL. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA... BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: COVERAGE OF STORMS SHOULD BE BELOW NORMAL ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... BEFORE A MORE TYPICAL AUGUST WEATHER PATTERN RETURNS FOR NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SPOTTERS IS NOT EXPECTED. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. GLITTO
FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-147-140915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 426 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 ...MORE SQUALLS TO AFFECT THE SPACE AND TREASURE COAST COMMUNITIES... AT 423 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH FROM 30 MILES EAST OF PLAYALINDA BEACH TO JUST OFFSHORE SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AND CONTINUING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE TREASURE COAST COUNTIES...MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH. THESE SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SOUTH TO JUPITER INLET THROUGH 515 AM. CRISTALDI
FLZ059-064-141215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 726 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH APPROACHING EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY... AT 717 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF TROPICAL SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS 14 MILES EAST OF JOHNATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK...MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS AS THEY MOVE ON SHORE. REMEMBER...SMALL TORNADOES OFTEN FORM FROM STORMS OF THIS NATURE WITH LITTLE WARNING. RESIDENTS OF COASTAL MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
141315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 823 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER AT 812 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OFFSHORE INDIAN RIVER MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES...MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ON SHORE FROM STUART TO VERO BEACH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS AS THEY MOVE ON SHORE. REMEMBER...SMALL TORNADOES OFTEN FORM FROM STORMS OF THIS NATURE WITH LITTLE WARNING. RESIDENTS OF COASTAL INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH IN THESE STORMS. DD
FLZ054-059-064-141315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 823 AM EDT THU AUG 14 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER COASTAL INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES... AT 812 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF TROPICAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OFFSHORE INDIAN RIVER MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES...MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ON SHORE FROM STUART TO VERO BEACH. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS AS THEY MOVE ON SHORE. REMEMBER...SMALL TORNADOES OFTEN FORM FROM STORMS OF THIS NATURE WITH LITTLE WARNING. RESIDENTS OF COASTAL INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 45 MPH IN THESE STORMS. DD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Local law enforcement officials reported a funnel cloud southwest of Port St. Lucie.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2003
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: 5374891.