1 flash flood, 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 22, 1:55 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 255 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 .DISCUSSION...FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS EASTERN STATES WILL CONTINUE DIGGING SOUTH. RIDGE AXIS WILL RESPOND BY SLIDING SOUTH WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS VEERING TO THE S/SW. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS VEERING... ESPECIALLY IN THE MID LEVELS...IS A WEAKENING LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. STRONGEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE ACROSS THE INTERIOR COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AS EC SEA BREEZE TRACKS SLOWLY WEST. POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WET MICROBURSTS WITH MDPI OF 1.23 AT XMR...THOUGH THREAT MAY BE GREATEST ACROSS OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE WHERE CAPES REMAIN ABOVE 3000 J/KG. WILL TAPER POPS TONIGHT FROM AROUND 40 LAKE COUNTY TO 20 TREASURE COAST. SAT-SUN...RIDGE AXIS SLIPS SOUTH AHEAD OF WEAKENING FRONT. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL VEER TO THE SW AND THIS KEEPS DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE AREA...ESP NORTHERN AND INTERIOR PORTIONS. WILL FOLLOW AVN POPS...LIKELY (60%) MCO/DAB/LEE TAPERING TO 30% COASTAL MARTIN COUNTY. WILL STICK WITH 50% POPS INTERIOR SUN AS MOISTURE MAY NOT BE QUITE AS HIGH. OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO ALLOW EAST COAST SEA BREEZE TO PUSH INLAND SAT...AND EARLIER SUN WITH LITTLE OR NO GRADIENT OVER THE AREA. STORM MOVEMENT MAY BRING SOME STORMS OFFSHORE VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES SAT. STORM MOTION MUCH SLOWER SUN. PRIMARY CONCERN/THREAT CONTINUES TO BE FLOODING AS SATURATED GROUND IN MANY AREAS CANNOT ABSORB MUCH MORE RAINFALL. EXTENDED...FORECAST HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON TRACK AND INTENSITY OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION #9. WILL FOLLOW NHC FORECAST WHICH BRINGS THE SYSTEM TO MIA WED MORNING. THE TREND HAS BEEN TO SLOW THE SYSTEM DOWN AS IT WILL LIKELY ENCOUNTER VERY WEAK STEERING WINDS IN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. SO ANY DIRECT EFFECTS FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL NOT BE FELT UNTIL WED AT THE EARLIEST. THE SYSTEM MUST ALSO SURVIVE THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF HISPANOLA. WILL INDICATE BREEZY CONDITIONS STARTING ALONG THE TREASURE COAST TUE. BOTH THE GFS AND ETA KEEP THE SYSTEM FARTHER SOUTH...BUT SAN JUAN NWS RADAR SHOWS THE CENTER CLEARLY MOVING NW TOWARDS HISPANOLA. THERE IS ALSO GOOD CLUSTERING AMONG TRACK MODELS ACROSS HISPANOLA. .MARINE...RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT SOUTH AS WEAK FRONT LIMPS INTO THE SE U.S. THIS WILL VEER THE LOW LEVEL WINDS TO SW SAT AND SUN. GRADIENT WEAKENS BY SUN SO WINDS WILL BE QUITE LIGHT. EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH DAY NEAR SHORE ASSOCD WITH SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION. TROPICAL DEPRESSION SOUTH OF HISPANOLA IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVE NW TOWARDS S FL OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS. WILL SHOW EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS (15-20KTS/6FT) DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN WATERS WED. ...PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB TT 073/088 072/089 073 36353 MCO TT 074/090 073/091 074 36353 MLB BB 074/088 073/089 074 25343 VRB BB 074/089 073/090 074 24243 .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. SHORT TERM...HIRSCH LONG TERM...KELLY
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 222000- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 525 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY: THE PERSISTENCE OF DEEP MOISTURE...ATMOSPHERIC DESTABILIZATION FROM DAYTIME HEATING AND NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES FROM SEA BREEZES AND OUTFLOWS WILL ALLOW STORMS TO DEVELOP BY MIDDAY. THE GREATEST COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR COUNTIES WHERE THE BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS EXPECTED. STORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. GENERAL STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE STORMS MAY DROP A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH TOTALS IN EXCESS OF THREE INCHES IN SPOTS DUE TO MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE SAME LOCATION. THESE HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS... STREETS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS. RESIDENTS WITH STANDING WATER NEAR ENCROACHMENT OF THE HOME SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PROPERTY. BE READY TO EVACUATE FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS BEFORE IMMEDIATE FLOODING BECOMES A THREAT OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO RELAY ANY FLOODING OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT WEATHER REPORTS 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. GLITTO
FLZ058-221915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 233 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OKEECHOBEE COUNTY... AT 230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL OVER FOUR SEASONS ESTATES...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH TOWARDS BASINGER. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.
FLZ053-222100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 420 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 ...CLUSTER STRONG STORMS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM AROUND LAKE MARIAN TO KENANSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. WEATHER SPOTERS ESTIMATED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. THESE STORMS WILL PUSH NORTH TOWARD HOLOPAW AND SAINT CLOUD...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS FARTHER WEST TOWARD KISSIMMEE AND POINCIANA. IF THESE STORMS STRENGTHEN FURTHER...AND RADAR INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE...THEN A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. CRISTALDI
FLZ044>046-053-144-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 454 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2003 ...STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AFFECTING SOUTHERN LAKE...WESTERN ORANGE...AND WESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES... AT 452 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STORMS PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL SOUTH AND WEST OF METRO ORLANDO... MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS AREAS FROM KISSIMMEE AND SAINT CLOUD ...TO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES...AND THEN ACROSS LAKE COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...WHICH COULD AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND STANDING WATER PROBLEMS. LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS EVENING. CRISTALDI
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A chronic slow rise in ditch and pond water levels over the previous weeks culminated with about four inches of rain and the flooding of 35 homes in the Kissimmee and St. Cloud communities.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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