1 funnel cloud, 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 19, 1:25 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 225 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2003 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTION SCATTERED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FL ATTM UNDER INFLUENCE OF MCV AND ASSORTED BNDRYS. STRONGEST COVECTION NOW OVER BREVARD CTY SHOULD SHIFT INTO THE INTERIOR ON APPROACH OF WEST COAST BREEZE BNDRY. EXTRAPOLATION SUGGESTS STRONGEST ACTVTY OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR INTO THE EVE HOURS AND WILL BIAS POPS THAT WAY. WED...SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTH TO A POSITION JUST NEAR THE CAPE BY AFTERNOON. EXTREMELY LIGHT FLOW COMBINED WITH A MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL AGAIN LEAD TO SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR OR NUISANCE FLOODING PROBLEMS. SHOULD SEE ACTIVE SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW COLLISIONS. THU-FRI...RIDGE AXIS POSITIONS ITSELF ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. SOME MID AND UPPER LEVEL DRYING OVER THE BAHAMAS BEGINS TO ADVECT INTO THE AREA...THOUGH THE CHANGE IS SUBTLE AND WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON OUR WEATHER. STILL SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO GENERATE SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. EXTENDED...MREF ENSEMBLES CONTINUE TO SHOW LITTLE VARIABILITY IN THE MEMBERS WITH PROGRESSION OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS MIDWEST AND INTO SOUTHEASTERN STATES. ANAMOLOUS PRESSURE PATTERN OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA INDICATES THAT THE FRONT MAY ACTUALLY MAKE IT FURTHER SOUTH THAN EXPECTED...GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR. A STRONGER TROUGH ALSO MEANS THAT SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS MAY NOT MAKE IT AS FAR NORTH AS PREVIOUS GFS RUNS INDICATED. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SOUTH OR SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS CWA...WITH AFTERNOON STORMS FAVORED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WITH POPS CLOSE TO CLIMATOLOGY. WILL ALSO NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING THE CARIBBEAN. .MARINE...WITH RIDGE AXIS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY...WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD. WAVE WATCH III PROJECTS COMBINED SEAS AT BELOW 2 FT THROUGH DAY 7. ...PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB TB 073/087 073/089 073 353 MCO TB 073/090 073/091 073 453 MLB EB 073/088 074/089 074 343 VRB EB 074/088 074/089 074 343 .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. SHORT TERM...BLOTTMAN LONG TERM...HIRSCH
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 191900- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1115 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM POSSIBLE... THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN VERY MOIST TODAY AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THE AFTERNOON INTERACTION OF THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES OVER THE INTERIOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN. STORMS WILL INITIALLY FORM OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WORKS ITS WAY INLAND. STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS THE TWO SEA BREEZES INTERACT OVER THE INTERIOR AND AS NUMEROUS BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS OCCUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON WHEN A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BOUNDARY COLLISION OCCURS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE ORIENTED FROM VOLUSIA COUNTY TO OSCEOLA COUNTY. STORM MOTION WILL BE SLOW AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND GENERALLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE WITHIN RANGE OF A THUNDERSTORM AND SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. AN ISOLATED STORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONGER WIND GUSTS DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES COLLIDE. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS AND REPEATED QUICK 1 TO 2 INCH DOWNPOURS...AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RAIN RECENTLY AND POORLY DRAINING AREAS COULD EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. ALSO...HEAVY RAINS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE AREAS WITH ONGOING STANDING WATER PROBLEMS. MARINERS ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS STORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS BEFORE THE STORM SHIFT INLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY: A LIGHT SURFACE WIND REGIME WILL ALLOW DAILY SEA BREEZES TO FORM AND MERGE OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE PENINSULA EACH DAY. SOUTHWEST TO WEST STEERING FLOW WILL HELP TO PUSH THE STORMS BACK TOWARD THE EAST COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. PB
FLZ147-191815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 147 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY... AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. BRAGAW
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:27 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Local fire department personnel reported two funnel clouds southwest of Palm Bay.
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: 5374893.