2 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 11, 1:21 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 221 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 .DISCUSSION... ONGOING CONVECTION SUPPORTED BY RAPID INCREASE IN DEEP LYR MOISTURE AND VORT AXIS OVER MARINE AREA APPROACHING THE COAST. IN ADDITION WESTWARD PROPAGATING OUTFLOW BNDRY(S) FROM CONVECTION OVER MARINE AREA PROVIDING FOCUS. HIGH TS COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTN INTO THE EVE EXPECTED AS AIRMASS CONTS TO DESTABILIZE FROM NE TO SW. CLOUD SHIELD NOT LIMITING INSTABILITY AS VORT AXIS ASSTD WITH SOME MID LVL COOLING. MONDAY...DLM RIDGE OVER THE NRN GULF WILL CONTINUE TO RETROGRADE TO THE W AS SHRT WV MOVING THRU THE NE STATES AMPLIFIES E COAST TROF IN SEVERAL STAGES THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. WHILE NOT ADVERTISED IN GUID WILL INCLUDE AN AFTN SEA BREEZE MONDAY. POPS MAY BE HIGHEST IN THE N IN PROX TO MOISTURE GRAD AND OLD SHEAR AXIS. TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY...GRADIENT BEGINS TO TIGHTEN AS E COAST TROF AMPLIFIES. GFS IS NOW A BIT SLOWER WITH INCREASING THE SW FLOW BUT STILL INDICATES A STRENGTH MORE THAN ENUF TO PREVENT E COAST SEA BREEZE. WILL GO WITH SPEEDS LOWER THAN WHAT IS ADVERTISED IN GFS SOLUTION HOWEVER. TEMPS WILL BE HOT ALL THE WAY TO THE E COAST IN ABSENCE OF BREEZE. WILL FOCUS HIER POPS OVER THE N ON WED WITH ADDTIONAL SUPPORT COMING FROM STRUNG OUT VORT AXIS. EXTENDED...HOT SW FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH BROAD MID LVL E COAST TROF LOCATED TO OUR N. WHILE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE RESTRICTED TO THE EXTREME SE COAST IF AT ALL...CONVECTION COMING FM THE W EACH AFTN ALONG BNDRYS WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTED BY POTENTIAL IMPULSES TRAVERSING MAINLY N OF AREA IN MID LVL FLOW. && .MARINE... MESO VORT KEEPING STRONG CONVECTION OVER MARINE AREA THIS AFTN. MULTIPLE MARINE MESOCYCLONES AND LIKELY TORNADIC SUPERCELL IN THE LAST HOUR. CONVECTION HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY JUST A BIT AS APPROACHED THE COAST AWAY FM GULF STREAM. WEAK SYNOPTIC FLOW NEAR COL TNT WILL TRANSITION TO S-SW FLOW AS TROF AMPLIFIES OVER THE ERN SEABOARD. GRADIENT WILL LIKELY BE SLOWER TO TIGHTEN THEN ADVERTISED IN GUIDANCE BUT MONDAY MAY BE THE LAST DAY FOR LOCAL SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS EXCPT FOR ALONG SE COAST. SW FLOW IN MID TO LATE WEEK NOT EXPECTED TO REACH HIGHLIGHT LEVELS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 73 90 74 91 / 20 50 30 40 MCO 74 92 75 92 / 30 50 30 40 MLB 74 89 74 89 / 20 40 20 40 VRB 74 89 74 89 / 20 40 20 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...KELLY LONG TERM...BLOTTMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 542 AM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 112200- 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- 542 AM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE...DAY TIME HEATING DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE PUSING INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE GREATEST CHANCES FOR LIGHTNING STORMS WILL BE FROM NORTHWEST VOLUSIA COUNTY TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE IN THE INTERIOR AND FROM TITUSVILLE NORTH ALONG THE COAST. STEERING CURRENTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL TEND TO PUSH STORMS SOUTH TODAY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... A LIGHT VERTICAL WIND PROFILE...HIGH ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM A CLUSTER OF STORMS AND SHOWERS MOVING SOUTH OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL INTERACT WITH EXSISTING BOUNDARIES OVER WATER TO PRODUCE A LOW CHANCE OF WATERSPOUTS FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO JUPITER INLET THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THE SURFACE TO 500MB RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO SHIFT TO SOUTH FLORIDA BY TUESDAY AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW. STEERING WINDS WILL PUSH THE STORMS BACK TOWARD THE COAST EACH DAY. THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. WIMMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 152 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 FLZ041-044-111815- INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 152 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVER NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER PIERSON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 28
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 228 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 FLZ141-147-111900- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 228 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER OAK HILL...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE SCOTTSMOOR AND KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:34 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree and a light pole in Titusville.
Several roads closed due to large limbs down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 2004
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: 5418207, 5418206.