1 funnel cloud, 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 Jun 27, 2:20 PM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 320 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003 CURRENT/TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND A FEW LIGHTNING STORMS DEVELOPING AT MID AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE DRIFTS INLAND. WEST COAST BOUNDARY ALSO STARTING TO GET ORGANIZED NEAR THE WEST COAST. ANTICIPATE HIGHEST COVERAGE OCCURRING EARLY THIS EVENING OVER NORTHERN INTERIOR AS THE BOUNDARIES COLLIDE. WILL KEEP SCATTERED OPOPS IN FOR THOSE SECTIONS THIS EVENING. SAT/SUN...WILL FOLLOW CLOSER TO THE MESOETA SOLUTION AS THE 12Z RUN OF THE GFS STILL SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEMS W/R/T OVERDEVELOPMENT OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE YUCATAN/GULF REGION. MAY BE ABLE TO GET IN A FEW HOURS OF AT LEAST PARTLY SUNNY SKIES SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE INCREASED MOISTURE AND HEATING WILL LEAD TO GENERATION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. SOUTHEASTERLY SEA BREEZE SHOULD SET IN FOR THE EAST COAST COUNTIES. HAVE TWEAKED POPS A BIT TO INDICATE SLIGHTLY HIGHER COVERAGE INTERIOR SECTIONS...BUT ALL ZONES STILL IN LIKELY CAT FOR THE AFTN. SCATTERED ACTIVITY WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. BY SUNDAY...LOW PRESSURE AREA LIFTS N FROM THE BAY OF CAMPECHE THROUGH THE WRN GULF. AS THIS OCCURS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS ALOFT BUILDS IN FROM ATLANTIC AND MOISTURE AXIS LIFTS NORTHWARD. SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING NEAR COAST SHOULD AGAIN BRING HIGHER COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON STORMS TO INTERIOR SECTIONS. CURRENT SCATTERED 40/50 SPLIT STILL LOOKS GOOD. EXTENDED...SINCE THE GFS STILL LOOKS QUESTIONABLE THROUGH NEXT WEEK WILL CONTINUE IDEA OF THE ATLANTIC RIDGE BEING DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE. TEMPS SHOULD BE NEAR CLIMO VALUES AND SCATTERED POPS. MARINE...HIGH PRES RIDGE AXIS REMAINS EAST OF THE STATE WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE WATERS. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 10-15 KNOTS/NEAR 15 KNOTS SAT AFTN/NGT AS PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS A SMIDGE WITH LOW PRESSURE CENTER/TROUGH LIFTING TWD THE CENTRAL GULF. FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK...WILL KEEP CURRENT FCST TREND OF SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO TUESDAY. ...PRELIMINARY CCF... DAB TB 073/087 074/088 073 274 MCO TB 073/088 074/089 073 374 MLB TB 074/087 075/088 074 264 VRB TB 074/086 075/088 074 264 .MLB...NONE. VOLKMER/GLITTO
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 272100- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 615 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 2003 .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING MOISTURE COUPLED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ACTIVITY WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP NEAR THE EAST COAST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE...AND THEN GRADUALLY DEVELOP FATHER INLAND DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS THE BOUNDARY PUSHES INTO THE INTERIOR COUNTIES. THE MAIN THREATS TODAY WILL BE STRONGER STORMS CONTAINING FREQUENT LIGHTNING BRIEF GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF AROUND TWO INCHES IN ONE HOUR. LOCALIZED FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER MAY OCCUR IN SPOTS THAT ARE STILL MOIST FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL THIS PAST WEEKEND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME NUMEROUS OVER THE WEEKEND AS TROPICAL AIR SURGES NORTHWARD FROM THE CARIBBEAN IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. STORM COVERAGE WILL RETURN TO THE MORE TYPICAL SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING COVERAGE FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. FOR A GRAPHICAL VERSION OF THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV AND CLICK ON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. CRISTALDI
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 UTC.
1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local emergency management officials reported a funnel cloud over Basinger.
Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a dairy building north of Okeechobee.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5361827, 5361828.