2 hail, 1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 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 8, 1:21 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 141 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED INITIALLY ALONG THE WEST COAST BOUNDARY AND WL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WL BE PRIMED FOR STORMS WITH THE EAST COAST BREEZE MAKING LIMITED PROGRESS INLAND. THE ECFL AREA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WX INTO EARLY EVENING. THROUGH TONIGHT...ACTIVITY FROM THE EVENING WL WIND DOWN A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER SUNSET WITH A TRANSITION TO LIGHT PCPN UNTIL AROUND 11 PM AS ACTIVITY COMTINUES TO MOVE EAST AND SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. WILL KEEP SCT COVERAGE OVER THE INTERIOR AND COAST NORTH OF MLB WITH ISOLD COVERAGE ALONG THE EAST COAST SOUTH OF MLB. FRIDAY...RIDGE AXIS WILL LIFT N INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SUBSIDENCE INDUCED DRYING WILL BE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WITH LAPSE RATES NOT AS SUPPORTIVE FOR CONVECTION THAN HAS BEEN IN PAST DAYS. STILL BNDRY INTERACTIONS WILL BRING NEAR CLIMO POPS TO THE INTERIOR. W/ LOWEST CHC FOR CONVECTION OVER THE SE COAST. SATURDAY/SUNDAY...MID LVL DRY AIR MOVING ARND WRN PERIFERY OF RIDGE AXIS WILL STILL BE NEARBY ON SATURDAY. GFS NO LONGER SHOWS SFC RIDGE PUSHING AS FAR N ON THE WEEKEND ONLY MAKING IT INTO CENTRAL FL BY SATURDAY WITH A DRIFT BACK S ON SUNDAY AS MID LEVEL HIGH CENTER SPLITS W/ WRN EXTENTION SHIFTING INTO THE GULF. PCP WATER VALUES BEGIN TO RISE AGAIN SUNDAY AS MID LVL SUBSIDENCE WANES. WILL NOT MAKE MAJOR CHGS TO WND/PCPN FCST FOR THIS SCENARIO AS RATHER SEE TREND CONTINUE FOR MORE THAN A SINGLE MDL RUN. MOISTURE AND LAPSE RATES SUGGEST NEARLY CLIMO POPS SAT AND A BIT ABV ON SUNDAY. HAVE REMOVED LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING SHRA FROM THE SE COAST AS STEERING FLOW NO LONGER SUPPORTS. MONDAY/TUESDAY...RIDGE AXIS WILL BECOME A RELATIVELY PERMANENT FIXTURE OVER SRN THIRD OF STATE AS SUBTLE E COAST TROF SUPRESSES LOW LEVEL RIDGE TO THE S. MOISTURE RETURN AHEAD OF TROF AXIS OVER GA MAY FAVOR NRN AREAS WITH DEEPER MOISTURE AND THERMAL PROFILES. OVERALL EXPECT COVECTION OVER INTERIOR SHIFTING E DURING THE AFTN ALONG WITH INTERACTIONS WITH EAST COAST SEA BREEZE NOT MOVING OUT OF THE COASTAL CTYS. EXTENDED...GFS LONG RANGE SHOWS SFC WV DEVELOPING ALONG BNDRY OVER THE GULF COAST. STRONGER SW FLOW MAY DEVELOP THRU THE END OF NEXT WEEK PREVENTING ALL FORMATION OF SEA BREEZE EXCEPT PERHAPS ALONG THE TREASURE COAST. && .MARINE... NO HIGHLIGHTS THRU PD...RIDGE AXIS WILL LIFT N ONLY AS FAR AND CENTRAL FL SATRUDAY BEFORE BEGINNNING TO SHIFT S AGAIN ON SUNDAY. AXIS EXPECTED TO STAY ACROSS S FL INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS AREA INFLUENCED BY SOME DEGREE OF MID LVL TROF THRU EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 74 90 73 92 / 30 30 20 30 MCO 72 92 73 91 / 30 40 30 40 MLB 74 89 74 89 / 20 30 20 30 VRB 75 90 74 90 / 20 20 20 20 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...PENDERGRAST LONG TERM...BLOTTMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1118 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 082000- 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- 1118 AM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ...SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS. BY LATE AFTERNOON...STORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE AS THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES SLIGHTLY INLAND AND INTERACTS WITH OTHER STORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WESTERN PENINSULA. AN AREA OF ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG A LINE FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO METRO ORLANDO AND DAYTONA BEACH. STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY AFTER MID AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE 40 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HAIL NEAR THE SIZE OF A QUARTER...ALTHOUGH MANY STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY LOCAL RAIN. LIGHTNING ACTIVITY MAY BE EXCESSIVE IN SOME STORMS. REMEMBER...IF THUNDER CAN BE HEARD...THE STORM IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT. MOVE INDOORS AND DO NOT RESUME OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES UNTIL 30 MINUTES PAST THE LAST AUDIBLE THUNDER. ...FLOOD IMPACT... MANY SPOTS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA RECEIVED MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR. STORM MOTION TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE TO THE EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL BE VULNERABLE TO LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL BE A DRIVING HAZARD THIS AFTERNOON. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW STORMS THAT MOVE ACROSS THE MAINLAND AND ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS INTO THE NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS...MAINLY BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND VERO BEACH. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE COASTAL AREA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WATERSPOUTS OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STORM ACTIVITY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE ATLANTIC RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO LIFT TO THE NORTH. NEVERTHELESS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR COUNTIES. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREAT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. PENDERGRAST
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 409 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 FLZ141-082100- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- 410 PM EDT THU JUL 8 2004 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER ORMOND BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER STORMS WERE STRENGTHENING WEST ALONG STATE ROAD 40. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE ORMOND BY THE SEA. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 52
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:53 UTC.
2 hail, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A 600 square foot section of roof collapsed at a vacant store at the Daytona Mall due to the weight of rain.
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: 5418127, 5418126, 5418125.