1 funnel cloud, 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 13, 9:20 AM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1020 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 .DISCUSSION... LATEST ANALYSIS PROGRAMS SHOW A WELL STACKED ANTICYCLONE DIRECTLY OVER THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. MORNING SOUNDINGS AND LATEST READINGS FROM THE KXMR WIND PROFILER CONFIRM THIS: STEERING FLOW ABV 3KFT IS ALMOST NONEXISTANT. IN ADDITION...ISOLD MORNING CONVECTION OVER THE GULF STREAM AND THE GOMEX IS NEARLY STATIONARY. TEMP PROFILES SHOW MARGINAL INSTABILITY LCL H70 READINGS 10C...H50 -5C. PW VALUES 2.0...MUCH OF IT IS LOCATED ABV H85 OVER THE WRN PENINSULA... SUPRISINGLY DRY H100-H85 LYR NOTED ON THE KTBW 12Z SOUNDING. SHOULD SEE THE SEABREEZES FORM ON BOTH COASTS BY MIDDAY...BUT GIVEN THE WEAK STEERING FLOW...IT IS DOUBTFUL THEY WILL PROPAGATE FAR ENOUGH INLAND TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. BEST CHANCE FOR INTERACTION WILL BE OVER THE NRN INTERIOR WHERE THE PENINSULA IS THINNEST AND MAX TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST. STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD DO SO IN AN EXPLOSIVE MANNER LATE THIS AFTN. ANY THAT DO WILL PRODUCE LCL HEAVY RAIN AS MOST WILL LIVE THEIR CYCLE IN THE SAME RELATIVE SPOT. WILL UPDATE MAINLY TO RETOOL THE WORDING OF THE FIRST PD. NO CHANGE TO THE POPS...BUT WILL INDICATE PRECIP FORMING MAINLY WEST OF I-95. && .MARINE... BUOY AND C-MAN OBS NICELY TRACE OUT LOCATION OF LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS LOCATED ROUGHLY JUST NORTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. FOR THE UPDATE WILL LOWER SEAS TO 2 TO 3 FEET WHICH ARE MAINLY FROM AN EAST SWELL. WIND WAVES ARE NEGLIGIBLE. A 10 KNOT ONSHORE FLOW (SEA BREEZE) WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY NEAR THE COAST AND SPREAD OUTWARD BOTH INLAND AND FARTHER OFFSHORE. && .AVIATION...LITTLE CHANGE FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS MCO-SFB-DAB. STORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY BRIEFLY KICK WINDS UP TO AROUND 20 KT...WITH ISOLATED WET MICROBURSTS POTENTIALLY PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KT. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BRAGAW LONG TERM....KELLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 512 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 140900- 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- 512 AM EDT SAT AUG 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP AROUND MIDDAY... MAINLY SOUTH OF THE CAPE AND ALONG THE TREASURE COAST. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED STORMS WILL FORM OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA INTERIOR AND NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE BY MID AFTERNOON. THE ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES NEAR DAYTONA BEACH LATE IN THE DAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW STORMS WILL BECOME STRONG AND WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH AND COIN-SIZED HAIL. ...FLOOD IMPACT... WITH LIGHT WINDS...STORM MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW AND ERRATIC. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES...GENERALLY FALLING IN AN HOUR OR LESS. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AND WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SOME MINOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY RAINS. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE COASTAL WATERS AND BEACHES TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGHER RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STORMS THAT FORM OVER LAND DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO DRIFT ACROSS THE COAST...ESPECIALLY FROM BREVARD COUNTY NORTHWARD. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST WITH THE HIGHEST COVERAGE ACROSS THE INTERIOR COUNTIES. OCEAN SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONE IRENE WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALONG WITH A SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION ARE ASKED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR BECOMES IMMINENT.
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:04 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
The NASA Shuttle Landing Facility observation carried a funnel cloud.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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