Hurricane Charley was still producing hurricane wind gusts as it crossed Volusia County from the southwest. Daytona Beach reported a wind gust to 72 knots (83 mph) and Ormond Beach reported wind gusts of 76 knots (88 mph).
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MLB wrote it up.
Hurricane Charley was still producing hurricane wind gusts as it crossed Volusia County from the southwest. Daytona Beach reported a wind gust to 72 knots (83 mph) and Ormond Beach reported wind gusts of 76 knots (88 mph). Like the counties to the south, Volusia County experienced widespread power outages, thousands of trees down, and damage to roofs, mobile homes, porches, awnings and car ports. The Ormond Beach area was hit especially hard with east winds off the Atlantic as the hurricane center moved off the coast just to the south near Daytona Beach. Hundreds of trees were blown down and roofs were severely damaged on three beachfront hotels. Because the duration of the onshore wind was so brief, there was negligible storm surge. Minor roadway flooding occurred from the two to four inches of rain that fell. A strong F1 touched down in South Daytona Beach with the primary rainband ahead of the hurricane. This tornado destroyed a home and severly damaged three others, mainly from fallen trees. The roof was blown off a strip mall store and a fire was started at a service station when the tornado destroyed the gas pumps and blew down the service island canopy. A smaller F0 tornado also came ashore on the barrier island injuring an elderly woman and damaging the roof of her house. Two fatalities were attributed to Hurricane Charley. A man was killed during the cleanup when he was crushed by a large tree limb. A woman was killed when she walked into a submerged power line. Total estimated damage in the county was $52 million.
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 Aug 13, 7:45 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 845 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 CENTER OF HRCN CHARLIE NEAR KISSIMMEE MOVING NE. RECENT REPORTS OF WIND GUST TO 82 MPH AT AN ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WIND SENSOR AND GUSTS TO 75 MPH AT KISSIMMEE AWOS. TREES ALSO UPROOTED IN NW OSCEOLA COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND RESIDENTS OF THE ORLANDO METRO ORLANDO AREA SHOULD BE INDOORS IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. AGAIN THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. WILL BE UPDATING ZFP/CWF/GRIDS LATER THIS EVENING. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...HURRICANE WARNING COASTAL VOLUSIA...NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING SOUTHERN BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE...MARTIN COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING FOR LAKE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE... SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES. ...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 8 PM SATURDAY ALL COUNTIES. ...TORNADO WATCH ALL COUNTIES THROUGH 2 AM SATURDAY... AVIATION...GLITTO LONG TERM/GRIDS....VOLKMER HAZARDS......HAGEMEYER/DECKER/SHARP/SPRATT/WIMMER/HIRSCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 340 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 141100- COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER- INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE- 340 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT.... FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING WEATHER HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CHARLEY AND THE EXPECTED IMPACTS TO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA OVERNIGHT...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN WILL LINGER BEHIND DEPARTING HURRICANE CHARLEY. CRISTALDI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 832 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ047-054-058-059-064-140130- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-ST. LUCIE- 832 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...RAINBANDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES... AT 830 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVING NORTH ACROSS EASTERN OKEECHOBEE... MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. AS THIS RAINBAND LIFTS RAPIDLY NORTH IT WILL DOWN POWER LINES...TREES...SIGNS AND PICK UP LOOSE ITEMS THAT WERE LYING AROUND. VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO FLYING DEBRIS. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL BE HIGHER RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. 67
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
837 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0810 PM NON-TSTM WND GST POINCIANA 28.15N 81.45W
08/13/2004 0 MPH OSCEOLA FL AMATEUR RADIO
60 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS.
0820 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG POINCIANA 28.15N 81.45W
08/13/2004 OSCEOLA FL PUBLIC
TREES UPROOTED WITH ESTIMATED 80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
0834 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ORLANDO 28.50N 81.37W
08/13/2004 0 MPH ORANGE FL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
87 MPH WIND GUST AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ASOS.
0835 PM NON-TSTM WND GST KISSIMMEE 28.30N 81.41W
08/13/2004 0 MPH OSCEOLA FL AWOS
61 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH.
&&
FXDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
842 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0744 PM TORNADO SOUTH DAYTONA 29.16N 81.00W
08/13/2004 VOLUSIA FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
GULF VIEW BLVD. AND BEVILLE RD.
0747 PM TORNADO SOUTH DAYTONA 29.16N 81.00W
08/13/2004 VOLUSIA FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
EASTERN RD. FIRE AT GAS STATION.
0750 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG DAYTONA BEACH SHORES 29.17N 80.98W
08/13/2004 VOLUSIA FL LAW ENFORCEMENT
*** 1 INJ *** ROOF COLLAPSED ON CARDINAL BLVD.
&&
FXDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
901 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM TORNADO SOUTH DAYTONA 29.16N 81.00W
08/13/2004 VOLUSIA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
THREE BLOCK SQUARE AREA VICINITY OF US1 AND BEVILLE. ROOF
OFF OF SUNSHINE MALL. TREES ON HOMES.
&&
FXDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
909 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ORLANDO 28.50N 81.37W
08/13/2004 105 MPH ORANGE FL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
ORLANDO INTL ARPT ASOS
&&
FXDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 910 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ054-058-059-064-140200- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE- 910 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...RAINBANDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY... AT 910 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAINBAND FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS EASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY TOWARDS SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN THIS RAINBAND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hurricane (typhoon). Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane (Typhoon), Volusia | 2004-08-14 | 44 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Hurricane (Typhoon), Volusia | 2004-08-14 | 39 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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