1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 1:30 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 230 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2003 .DISCUSSION...CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION OFFSHORE NE PENINSULA IS CURRENTLY DRIVING CONVECTIVE PATTERN OVER NORTHERN FORECAST AREA... WITH MORE TYPICAL SEA BREEZE DRIVEN ACTIVITY FARTHER SOUTH. PLENTIFUL BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED STORMS LASTING INTO THE EVENING. WITH TROPICAL SYSTEM OUT OF THE PICTURE AND RIDGE AXIS LIFTING NORTHWARD BY SATURDAY...DEEPENING EASTERLY FLOW WILL TAKE HOLD THROUGH THE WEEKEND. MOISTURE WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION...FAVORING THE ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING INTENSIFIES COASTAL CONVERGENCE. DURING THE AFTERNOONS...CONVECTION WILL BE MOST COMMON OVER THE INTERIOR...WITH GREATER STABLIZATION LIKELY ALONG THE COAST. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...A DEVELOPING EASTERN U.S. MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL REACH REACH INTO THE SOUTHERN STATES...CAUSING SURFACE/MID LEVEL RIDGE TO DROP SOUTH OF CWA. WHILE STEERING FLOW WILL REVERT TO S/SW COMPONENT...SURFACE GRADIENT APPEARS WEAK ENOUGH TO ALLOW ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE FORMATION. WILL INDICATE NEAR CLIMO POPS AREAWIDE...WITH EVENING RAIN CHANCES ABOVE CLIMO ALONG EAST COAST. MAX TEMPS SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO WITH OFFSHORE FLOW. MID-LATE WEEK...EXTENDED GUIDANCE SUGGEST UPPER TROUGH WILL RELAX AND LOW/MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL AGAIN LIFT NORTHWARD. WITH RIDGE AXIS LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL CWA WED/THU...LIGHT FLOW WILL ALLOW SEA BREEZE INTERACTIONS TO INITIATE/SUSTAIN DAILY CONVECTION. RIDGE MAY AGAIN BE NORTH OF THE REGION BY FRIDAY...FLIPPING PATTERN BACK TOWARDS ONSHORE FLOW AND EARLY CONVECTION ALONG THE EASTERN PENINSULA...AND OVER INTERIOR DURING THE AFTERNOON. .MARINE...AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION LIFTS NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT... GRADIENT E/SE FLOW WILL REDEVELOP. LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BECOME OFFSHORE TUE/WED...LOCALLY MODIFIED BY AFTERNOON COASTAL SEABREEZES. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB BB 073/088 074/089 074 23232 MCO TB 073/091 074/092 074 34242 MLB BB 075/088 075/089 074 23232 VRB BB 075/088 074/089 074 23232 .MLB...NONE. SHORT-TERM...HIRSCH LONG-TERM...SPRATT
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 252100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 931 AM EDT FRI JUL 25 2003 .DAY ONE...TODAY... AN ORGANIZED AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS...NORTH OF DAYTONA BEACH. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE STORMS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA. CONSIDERABLE MORNING CLOUDINESS WILL DELAY SURFACE HEATING ACROSS COASTAL COUNTIES...BUT SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY BY THE AFTERNOON. A MOIST ATMOSPHERE SHOULD ALLOW FOR SCATTERED STORMS TO DEVELOP AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FORMS AND MOVES SLOWLY INLAND. AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE MOST HEATING COULD EXPERIENCE A FEW STRONG STORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND 2 TO 3 INCH DOWNPOURS. ONE AREA THAT MAY BE THE MOST FAVORED FOR STRONG STORMS IS JUST INLAND IN THE COUNTIES AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS WILL OCCUR MAINLY OVER INLAND AREAS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS LOW LEVEL ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES A LITTLE. A WEAK SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOULD BRING SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS BACK TO THE COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES TO THE MELBOURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
FLZ058-059-251900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 231 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2003 ...STRONG STORM WITH REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER OKEECHOBEE COUNTY... AT 223 PM EDT...OKEECHOBEE LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTHEAST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THERE ARE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA AND THERE IS A THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FUNNEL CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE NORTHERN LAKE SHORE. RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK COVER IF DANGEROUS WEATHER THREATENS.
FLZ044-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 421 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2003 ...LARGE STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER NORTHWEST LAKE COUNTY... AT 418 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER FRUITLAND PARK AND LADY LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHTNING STORM INCLUDE LISBON AND SILVER LAKE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED AUTOMOBILE. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON A BEACH OR GOLF COURSE OFFER NO PROTECTION. CRISTALDI
FLZ144-252200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 521 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY... AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM MASCOTTE TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF GROVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE CLERMONT. FREQUENT TO EXCESIVE LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PICNIC SHELTERS AND DUGOUTS MAY KEEP YOU DRY BUT THEY OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 28
FLZ045-053-252245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 602 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2003 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS 5 MILES WEST OF ANIMAL KINGDOM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE ANIMAL KINGDOM...PLEASURE ISLAND AND SEA WORLD. ANOTHER STRONG STORM IS APPROACHING NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY NEAR INTERCESSION CITY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. FREQUENT TO EXCESIVE LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. PICNIC SHELTERS AND DUGOUTS MAY KEEP YOU DRY BUT THEY OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 28
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees, power lines and damaged a shed.
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