1 tornado, 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 Aug 6, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 148 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2004 .DISCUSSION...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DECELERATE AS IT TRACKS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA. NORTHEASTERLY WIND SHIFT WILL BE QUITE SHALLOW BEHIND THE FRONT...LIMITED TO THE LOWEST FEW THOUSAND FEET OF THE ATMOSPHERE. FARTHER ALOFT...WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT MOIST AIR OVER THE EASTERN GULF ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AFTER AFTERNOON CONVECTION WINDS DOWN EARLY THIS EVENING... ADDITIONAL ISOLATED ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY WITH THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE. LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO A POSSIBILITY ALONG THE VOLUSIA COAST WITH THE STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW. WEEKEND...HAVE CONTINUED TO GO WITH THE MORE CONSERVATIVE GFS WITH RESPECT TO THE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY/. ETA STILL LOOKS TOO FAR SOUTH WITH THE WIND SHIFT AND DRYING. GFS REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH EARLIER RUNS IN SHOWING THE WIND SHIFT MAKING IT DOWN INTO OUR SOUTHERN AREAS SATURDAY THEN SHIFTING BACK NORTH SUNDAY. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE UKMET. THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ETA AND GFS IS THE MOISTURE...AS THE ETA SHOWS ONLY AROUND 20 PERCENT POPS IN OUR NORTH SECTIONS BOTH DAYS BUT THE GFS IS HIGH SCATTERED SATURDAY AND LIKELY ON SUNDAY. WILL OPT TO GO WITH THE GFS GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR AND THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER PROGGED ONLY AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTH CAROLINA. WITH THE OSCILLATING BOUNDARY...THERE IS OFTEN A THREAT OF A HEAVY RAIN EVENT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST WHERE TRAINING ECHOES CAN OCCUR. DO NOT SEE MUCH DEPTH TO THE ONSHORE COMPONENT SO THINK THAT ANY EVENT WOULD BE ISOLATED AND NOT WIDESPREAD. BUT WITH LARGE SCALE CONVERGENCE OCCURRING IN A JUICY AIR MASS...AND WITH WARM OCEAN TEMPS...WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR SOME TYPE OF HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT. MON-WED...SURFACE RIDGE IS PROGGED TO EXTEND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE PENINSULA. GFS IS SHOWING A LITTLE DRIER AIR ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS WITH DEEPER MOISTURE REMAINING ACROSS THE NORTH. WILL CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING CONVECTION WITH STEERING FLOW REMAINING WESTERLY. THU-FRI...GFS SHOWS YET ANOTHER AMPLIFICATION OF A TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. THIS SHOULD SUPPRESS THE SURFACE RIDGE A LITTLE FURTHER AND MAINTAIN A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW. WILL CONTINUE WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON COVERAGE AS SOUTHWEST STEERING FLOW FAVORS AT LEAST THAT MUCH COVERAGE OVER THE EAST SIDE OF THE PENINSULA. && .MARINE...MAIN PROBLEM TO WATCH OUT FOR WILL BE HOW MUCH THE NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. LATEST GFS IS SHOWING SOME 20 KNOT WINDS IN THE FAR NORTH BUT HAVE CAPPED SPEEDS AT 15 KNOTS FOR NOW. OTHERWISE WINDS NOTHING MORE THAN 10-15 KNOTS AND SEAS 2-3 FEET WITH AN OFFSHORE FLOW EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 74 86 74 85 / 20 50 50 60 MCO 74 87 73 87 / 20 60 50 60 MLB 73 85 73 86 / 30 60 50 60 VRB 71 86 74 87 / 30 60 60 60 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...HIRSCH LONG TERM...LASCODY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1017 AM EDT FRI AUG 6 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 062100- 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- 1017 AM EDT FRI AUG 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA. A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS MAY AFFECT SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE MORNING. CLIMBING TEMPERATURES WILL HELP DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AND AN APPROACHING FRONT FROM THE NORTH WILL ALLOW COVERAGE OF STORMS TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SPACE AND TREASURE COASTS. ...FLOOD IMPACT... STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DROPPING TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...LEADING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. DRIVER SHOULD USE CAUTION FOR WATER STANDING ON ROADS. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A FEW STORMS MOVING OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 KNOTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MARINERS SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE SAFE HARBOR IN ADVANCE OF STORMS. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... SOME SHIFTING OF THE LOW LEVEL WINDS WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND THE APPROACHING FRONT MAY ALLOW A FEW WATERSPOUTS OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST. BE AWARE THAT A FUNNEL CLOUD OR WATERSPOUT NEAR THE COAST COULD TOUCH LAND AND BECOME A TORNADO. MARINERS AND RESIDENTS NEAR THE COAST NEED TO STAY ALERT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD OR WATERSPOUT AND BE READY TO QUICKLY TAKE COVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SATURDAY THEN LIFT BACK NORTH ON SUNDAY. THE FRONTAL REMAINS AND A FEED OF TROPICAL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO KEEP SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES ABOVE NORMAL INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 124 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2004 FLZ045-046-061830- ORANGE-SEMINOLE- 124 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2004 ...STRONG LIGHTNING STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER SEMINOLE COUNTY... AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LIGHTNING STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER SANFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE SANFORD...WINTER SPRINGS...OVIEDO AND BITHLO. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. JP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 326 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2004 FLZ141-062015- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- 326 PM EDT FRI AUG 6 2004 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER ORMOND BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHTNING STORM INCLUDE...HOLLY HILL ...DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY AND WILBUR BY THE SEA. 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. JP
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:25 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An F0 tornado touched down near Interstate 95 northwest of Ft. Pierce ripping the porch off a house. Funnel clouds were reported with this storm.
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