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 2, 1:00 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 200 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2003 .DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY/TONIGHT...SHOULD SEE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE S CSTL COUNTIES INTO THE LATE AFTN AS THE EAST COAST SEA BRZ INCHES INLAND FROM THE COAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE AFTN AND EVENING WITH SW STEERING FLOW. THU...MODEL CONSENSUS BRINGS HIGHER MOISTURE BAND ACROSS NRN SECTIONS ON THU TRAILING FROM THE REMNANTS OF BILL WHICH WILL APPROACH THE DELMARVA PENINSULA. PWATS INCREASING TO 2 INCHES ON THE ETA AND 2.2 INCHES ACCORDING TO THE GFS. E CST BRZ SHOULD BE HELD BACK ACROSS NRN SECTIONS BUT THINK ENOUGH ACTIVITY WILL MOVE ACROSS NRN SECTIONS IN SW FLOW FOR LIKELY POPS. ON THU ACROSS SRN AREAS...WILL SEE GOOD CONVERGENCE ALONG THE E COAST BRZ FAVORING THE CSTL COUNTIES FROM SRN BREVARD TO MARTIN WITH HIGHER THAN CLIMO POPS. SHOULD BE A BIT MORE CLOUDINESS NRN SECTIONS WHICH WILL HOLD HIGH TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGS. FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY...SFC RIDGE AXIS REMAINS NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. PWATS DECREASE A BIT AND LOW LVL WINDS LIGHTEN SO EXPECT MORE TYPICAL SEA BRZ CONVECTION DAY WITH A DRIFT BACK TWD THE EAST COAST ESPEC NORTH OF THE CAPE. CURRENT 40 POPS CLOSE TO ALL MODEL GUIDANCE AND WILL KEEP. HIGHS FOR THE FOURTH WILL BE AROUND 90 MOST AREAS...UPPER 80S FOR THE BEACHES. EXTENDED...FOR SAT AND SUN...HIGHER MOISTURE WILL WORK ACROSS CENTRAL FL AS TUTT LOW MOVES WESTWARD ACROSS THE SRN GULF. MAY EVENTUALLY NEED TO BUMP UP INTERIOR POPS A NOTCH BUT WILL LEAVE AS IS FOR NOW WITH MORE TYPICAL SEA BRZ REGIME FOCUSING ACTIVITY IN THE INTERIOR IN THE LATE AFTN/EVE EACH DAY. MARINE...WILL KEEP WINDS AT A SOLID 15 KNOTS ACROSS THE NRN LEG TONIGHT INTO THU AS TIGHTER PRES GRADIENT SAGS SOUTH ACROSS THE WATERS IN RESPONSE TO EXTRATROPICAL BILL MOVING TWD THE MID ATLC COAST. FOR THE FOURTH...WILL DROP WINDS BACK TO 10-15 KNOTS NORTH AND 10 KNOTS SOUTH. SAT AND SUN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL KEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE WATERS GENERALLY IN THE 10-15 KNOT RANGE WITH RIDGE NEARBY. PRELIM.. DAB TB 073/089 073/090 074 15463 MCO TB 074/089 073/091 074 15463 MLB TB 074/089 074/089 075 15363 VRB TB 074/090 074/090 074 15363 .MLB...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...VOLKMER AVIATION/FIRE WX...SPRATT/MOSELY
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 022000- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1010 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2003 .DAY ONE...THROUGH THIS EVENING... A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS TODAY. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS TO AROUND 2 INCHES...GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE GREATEST COVERAGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. NORTHERN AREAS WILL SEE MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS BOUNDARIES MOVE INTO INTERIOR SECTIONS. ALSO... SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT INITIATE ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD. STORMS MAY LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS DUE THE VERY MOIST CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SOUTHWEST STEERING FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE TO FOCUS STORMS NEAR THE EAST COAST THURSDAY. THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY MIGRATE NORTHWARD LATE IN THE WEEK. SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS ARE EXPECTED ALL AREAS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY...WITH INLAND AREAS BECOMING THE MORE FAVORED LOCATIONS BY THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED RELAY ANY REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN TWO 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. MRV
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds gusted to 52 knots and turned over a helicopter at Orlando Executive Airport.
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