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 8, 8:30 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 930 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 .DISCUSSION... ACTIVE DAY ON TAP...NMRS SHRA/TSTMS ALONG THE WCSB PUSHING WELL INLAND...LITTLE CLOUD COVER OVER THE CWA ALLOWING FULL SUN...AND CONTINUED HIGH MOISTURE LVLS WITH PW VALUES OFF THE MORNING RAOBS 2.2-2.3 AT KTPA/KXMR RESPECTIVELY. H100-H50 SW FLOW HAS STRENGTHENED OVER THE LAST 24HRS...KXMR SOUNDING AVGERAGED 20KTS THROUGH THE LAYER...WHICH SHOULD OVERPOWER THE FORMATION OF THE ECSB TODAY. NEVERTHELESS...H50 SHORTWAVE ENERGY ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE HIGH AMPLITUDE TROF OVER THE ERN GOMEX/WRN PENINSULA WILL COMBINE WITH RR QUAD OF AN H25 JET MAX OVER GA/AL TO PROVIDE SUFFCIENT SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT FOR 70/80 POPS...DESPITE THE LACK OF MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES. ZFP UPDATE...ONLY COSMETIC CHANGES NECESSARY THIS MORNING. .MARINE... OFFSHORE FLOW 15KTS WILL CONTINUE INTO SAT...WITH OFFSHORE MOVING TSTMS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT. WILL ADD COMMENT ABOUT WINDS/SEAS HIGHER NEAR TSTSMS...OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. .MLB...NONE. SHORT TERM...LASCODY LONG TERM...BRAGAW
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 082100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1130 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY: DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AND FORCING IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD STORMS TODAY...WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. STORMS WERE ALREADY FORMING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BEFORE NOON...AND WILL INCREASE IN NUMBER AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. DEEP LAYER SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL ALLOW SOME STORMS TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREA. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL OCCUR IN SOME AREAS...AND LIKELY WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...INTERSECTIONS... AS WELL AS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS...WITH A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. ALL STORMS WILL PRODUCE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME EXCESSIVE IN STRONGER STORMS. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE WELL BEYOND THE AUDIBLE RANGE OF THUNDER. IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING RANGE OF THE STORM. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING OR AUTOMOBILE IMMEDIATELY...AS WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. BEACH GOERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL...AS STORMS WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...STRONG STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS...FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STORMS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO SELF ACTIVATE THIS AFTERNOON IF STRONG STORMS DEVELOP...AND RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER INCLUDING RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES 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. BRAGAW
FLZ047-053-054-058-059-081730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1240 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST... NORTHERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY...SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...INDIAN RIVER COUNTY... AT 1230 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY REPORTED A NUMBER OF FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST NORTH OF THE OKEECHOBEE CITY LIMITS. STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK INTO SOUTH BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...AND NORTHWEST SAINT LUCIE COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MAINTAIN A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. IF THE STORMS STRENGTHEN FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. BRAGAW
FLZ047-053-054-058-059-081730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1240 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST... AT 1230 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY REPORTED A NUMBER OF FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST NORTH OF THE OKEECHOBEE CITY LIMITS. STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK INTO SOUTH BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...AND NORTHWEST SAINT LUCIE COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MAINTAIN A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. IF THE STORMS STRENGTHEN FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. BRAGAW
FLZ046-141-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 113 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ORANGE...SEMINOLE COUNTY...SOUTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 111 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL BETWEEN ORLANDO AND SANFORD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE ALTAMONTE SPRINGS...SANFORD...DELTONA AND EDGEWATER. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.
FLZ047-054-081815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 121 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY... AT 116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER PALM BAY...SEBASTIAN...AND FORT PIERCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY DURING THE AFTERNOON. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR OKEECHOBEE AND NEAR ORLANDO. RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 7 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Indian Harbor Beach.
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