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 Jul 12, 9:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1000 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 CURRENT...BKN-OVC MID DECK AT 12-15KFT COVERS A GOOD PART OF CWA THIS MORNING. 12Z RAOBS ACROSS CENTRAL FL SHOW A SATURATED LAYER ABOVE H60 (TBW) AND H50 (XMR)...SUPPORTING THESE CLOUDS. NOTHING MORE THAN FEW SPITS OF VIRGA FALLING OUT OF THEM HOWEVER. ADAS MESO ANLYS SHOWS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS BISECTING THE CWA WITH A WEAKENING H50 RIDGE BEING ERODED BY THE ERN CONUS LONG WAVE TROUGH...AND AN ERN GOMEX/NW CARIB H30-H20 RIDGE PROVIDING ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. FCST...PROBLEM FOR TODAY WILL BE AFFECT OF CLOUDS ON TEMPS/POPS. CURRENT ZFP HAS 40 NORTH/30 SOUTH DISTRIBUTION. OVER THE LAST FEW VIS SATELLITE FRAMES...THERE DOES SEEM TO BE SOME EROSION OF THE MID DECK...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH....WHERE CLOUDS WERE THINNER TO BEGIN WITH. MY THINKING IS THAT THERE WILL BE INCREASING BREAKS OF SUN BY THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR ENOUGH INSOLATION/ INSTABILITY TO REALIZE SCATTERED POPS ACROSS THE CWA. LAKE OKEE INTERACTION MAY BE ENOUGH TO RESULT IN SIMILAR COVERAGE SOUTH...SO MAY NUDGE NUMBERS UP THERE...HOWEVER THE GIST OF THE FCST (SCT POPS) WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. .MARINE...WITH RIDGE AXIS NEARBY...S TO SE WINDS AOB 10KT WITH A 1-2FT WIND CHOP AND AN UNDERLYING 2FT GROUNDSWELL. CWF IS RIGHT ON TOP OF THIS. NO CHGS. .MLB...NONE. CRISTALDI/BRAGAW
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 122100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 630 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY... MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY LEVELS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. STORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP AROUND MID DAY NEAR THE EAST COAST AS THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE FORMS. SCATTERED STORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHILE ADDITIONAL STORMS INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF MELBOURNE AND LAKE KISSIMMEE. STORM MOTION WILL BE SLOW AND ERRATIC...BUT GENERALLY FAVORING AN INLAND PUSH...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF MELBOURNE AND LAKE KISSIMMEE. AS COOL AIR BOUNDARIES INTERACT THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ON AVERAGE... LIGHTNING KILLS MORE PEOPLE EACH YEAR THAN TORNADOES. MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER IF LIGHTNING STORMS APPROACH. ALONG THE VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTY BEACHES...THERE WILL BE A GREATER THAN NORMAL THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO A SMALL SWELL AND THE APPROACHING FULL MOON PHASE. RIP CURRENTS TEND TO BE MOST NUMEROUS AND STRONGEST DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THIS EVENING. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL OCCUR EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. STORM COVERAGE WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER OVER INLAND AREAS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NWS OFFICE IN MELBOURNE. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. SPRATT
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a large gas station roof awning in Holly Hill.
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