2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 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 2, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 310 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 .DISCUSSION... TONIGHT... DEEP CONVECTION TOOK LONGER TO FORM TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY AS LOW LEVEL FLOW/CONVERGENCE HAS BEEN MINIMAL. SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION WELL DEFINED CURRENTLY AND MOVING INLAND AT A DECENT PACE WITH INCREASING SHOWERS/STORMS. HAVE NOTED QUICKER DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. SATELLITE LOOPS INDICATE A WEAK LOW LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW. NOT CERTAIN ABOUT EVOLUTION OF THIS FEATURE (POSSIBLY LEFT OVER FROM CONVECTION NEAR SHORE OVERNIGHT?). WITH THIS MORE SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF STORMS...EXPECT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A LARGER SCALE BOUNDARY COLLISION OVER THE INTERIOR BY EARLY THIS EVENING. EARLIER THINKING THAT MODEST LAPSE RATES AND WEAK WINDS WOULD MAINLY RESULT IN HEAVY RAIN MAKERS (WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING) STILL SEEMS REASONABLE. WILL PLAN ON SCATTERED EARLY EVENING COVERAGE FOR THE INTERIOR WITH NO POPS ALONG THE COAST EXCEPT FOR A POSSIBLE PUSH BACK UP NORTH INTO VOLUSIA COUNTY WHERE A 20 POP SHOULD BE OKAY. INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND... DLM ATLC RIDGE AXIS WILL THE PRIMARY WX FACTOR FOR THE FL PENINSULA. THE CLOSEST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...N OF THE ATLC RIDGE...WITH ONLY A +60KT LIFTING JET OVER THE DESERT SW TO SUPPORT IT. BOTH ETA/GFS DO DEVELOP A DIGGING JET OVER THE PAC NW BY 12Z MON AS THE 80KT MAX S OF THE GULF OF ALASKA DIPS INTO A BROAD TROF OVER THE SW U.S. HOWEVER...THE POSITION OF THE SRN JET MAX WILL EFFECTIVELY BLOCK OF BLOCK ANY SWD ADVANCEMENT OF THE NRN JET...KEEPING IT OVER THE NRN STATES. NO PROSPECT FOR A CHANGE OF AIRMASS OVER THE WEEKEND. THE RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN AN WEAK S/ERLY FLOW THROUGH THE COLUMN THIS WEEKEND. MOISTURE VALUES EAST OF THE BAHAMAS ARE SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE SCT AFT CONVECTION...H100-H70 MEAN RH AOA 70%...LOW SVR WX THREAT WITH H70 TEMPS AROUND 8C DEG...H50 TEMPS AROUND -6C DEG...AND H85-H50 LAPSE RATES 5-6C/KM. WITH SUCH A LOW STEERING FLOW...LOCAL FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN...AS WELL AS LIGHTNING...WILL BE THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS THIS WEEKEND. THE WEAK FLOW WILL ALLOW WELL DEFINED MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES TO FORM EACH DAY...AND SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SCT AFTN/EVENING SHRA/TSRA REGIME. WEAK STEERING FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS HIGHEST POPS OVER THE NRN INTERIOR. MOS POPS SATURDAY ARE RUNNING 55-60%...A LITTLE HIGH CONSIDERING THE NEAR TOTAL ABSENCE OF ANY STEERING FLOW. TUE-FRI... NEGLIGIBLE CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST PHILOSPHY. ATLC RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER ACROSS THE PENINSULA AS SPOT LOWS PINCH OFF OF THE BROAD TROF OVER THE SW U.S. AND LIFT UP ITS BACKSIDE. STRONG PACIFIC RIDGE WILL DEFLECT ANY SHORTWAVES INTO CANADA/NRN U.S...AND THE SRN JET IS INDISTINGUISHABLE W OF HAWAII. NO FORSEEABLE PROSPECT OF ANY LOW PRESSURE CENTERS DIGGING INTO THE SE U.S. THAT COULD DISLODGE THE RIDGE...WILL STAY CLOSE TO CLIMO TEMPS/POPS. && .MARINE... NO HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WITH THE ATLC RIDGE AXIS MEANDERING ACROSS THE PENINSULA...SFC WINDS WILL MAINTAIN A SRLY COMPONENT WITH SPEEDS AOB 12KTS. DUE TO THE WEAK FLOW...HOWEVER... WATERSPOUTS/FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SHOWERS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 73 89 73 90 / 30 40 20 40 MCO 74 91 73 92 / 30 50 20 50 MLB 74 88 74 90 / 20 20 10 30 VRB 72 89 73 91 / 20 20 10 30 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC...LASCODY MARINE...BRAGAW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 530 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 021900- 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- 530 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP ACROSS INTERIOR COUNTIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE. VERY LIGHT STEERING FLOW WILL PRODUCE SLOW AND ERRATIC MOVING STORMS. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE TEMPORARY PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW-LYING AREAS. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND A VERY LIGHT WIND PROFILE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE A THREAT OF WATERSPOUTS THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS SMALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 249 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 FLZ141-021915- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- 249 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYTOWN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 322 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 FLZ044-021945- NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 322 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL EAST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY... AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER CASSIA. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 67
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 344 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 FLZ041-022030- INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY- 344 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL SOUTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER LAKE MONROE. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE DE BARY. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 67
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 408 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 FLZ045-046-022100- ORANGE-SEMINOLE- 408 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 ...STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WEST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY...SEMINOLE COUNTY... AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL FROM LAKE JESSUP TO WINTER GARDEN. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE LINE WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE BAY HILL...FERN PARK...ORLOVISTA AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 67
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 420 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 FLZ045-022115- ORANGE- 420 PM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER ORANGE AND SOUTH SEMINOLE COUNTIES... AT 420 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER METRO ORLANDO...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PINE CASTLE...BELLE ISLE AND CONWAY. 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. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES. DO NOT PUSH YOUR LUCK BY TRYING TO FINISH THE JOB WHILE THE STORM APPROACHES. JP
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:42 UTC.
2 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Union Park woman was hospitalized with burns from a fire started by a lightning strike.
A man was hospitalized after being struck by lightning in Orlando.
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Union Park. A 60 foot tall tree was blown down in Ocoee.
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: 5418210, 5418211, 5418209.