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 Feb 27, 2:45 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE MELBOURNE FL 245 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 .DISCUSSION...CURRENTLY...FOCUS FOR ADDTL STORMS REMAINS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH PORTION OF THE AREA. SOME CELLS OVER WEST FL HAVE ACQUIRED ROTATION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...HOWEVER DUE TO LACK OF INSTABILITY CELLS HAVE DIMINISHED WHILE MOVING IN FROM THE GULF COAST. MANY LOCATIONS HAVE PICKED UP AT LEAST AN INCH OF RAINFALL SINCE THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN WHILE CROSSING N FL AND ENTERING THE ATLC. CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING WITH MAIN CONCERN BEING LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS DUE TO STRONG WINDS ALOFT TRANSPORTED DOWNWARD BY PCPN. STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ASCD WITH SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING WITH A SLOW DECREASE IN WINDS LATER TONIGHT AS FLOW FLOW VEERS TO THE SW. EXPECTING PCPN TO COME TO AN END BY AROUND MIDNIGHT. ADVECTION OF COOLER AIR BEHIND SYSTEM WL BE DELAYED...AND EXPECT MIN TEMPS WL BE FAIRLY MILD DUE TO SW FLOW UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. MONDAY-SUNDAY...MINIMAL CHANGES REQUIRED TO EXTENDED PERIOD. GUSTY DRY WEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL MONDAY AROUND DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE WORKING UP THE EAST COAST. MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE CLIMO FOR ONE MORE DAY. SECONDARY FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE MONDAY... FOLLOWED BY COLD AIR ADVECTION WHICH WILL DROP TEMPS 10-15 DEGREES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HAVE DROPPED MAX/MIN TEMPS MID/LATE WEEK...ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR. LONG RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE...MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF...THEN TOWARD OR SOUTH OF THE STATE MID WEEK. GIVEN LOW LATITUDE...WEAK DEVELOPMENT...AND LIMITED PERIOD FOR RETURN FLOW... RAIN PROSPECTS APPEAR LOW. WILL RETAIN SMALL RAIN CHANCE LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...ALONG WITH ENHANCED CLOUD COVER. WARMING TREND WILL COMMENCE FRI/SAT AS WINDS BECOME NE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE GULF. && .MARINE...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS/SEAS WILL OCCUR OVER THE COASTAL WATERS INTO WEDNESDAY DUE TO LARGE AND DEEP LOW PRESSURE AREA WHICH WILL MOVE SLOWLY UP ALONG THE EAST COAST. GRADIENT WILL BECOME OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH MID WEEK...BEFORE LESSENING AND SLOWLY VEERING TO N/NE THU/FRI. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 59 72 46 66 / 30 10 0 0 MCO 63 75 47 67 / 30 10 0 0 MLB 64 75 48 68 / 30 10 0 0 VRB 64 76 50 70 / 30 10 0 0 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OVERNIGHT FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. ...TORNADO WATCH ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT MARTIN UNTIL 600 PM. && SHORT TERM...PENDERGRAST LONG TERM....SPRATT RADAR/WARNING...KELLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE MELBOURNE FL 825 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 272306- 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- 825 AM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT: ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORIDA TODAY. STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP WITH LOCAL WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. AS STRONG WINDS ALOFT INCREASE OVER THE AREA THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FEW ROTATING STORMS THAT CAN QUICKLY PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO. PERSONS ARE REMINDED THAT LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. MOVE INDOORS IF THUNDER IS HEARD. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS. DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL STORM FEATURES MAY NOT BE VISUALLY APPARRENT AND STRONG STORMS MAY APPROACH YOUR AREA WITH LITTLE ADVANCE NOTICE. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... THE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WILL GIVE STORMS AN INCREASED POTENTIAL TO GENERATE BRIEF WATERSPOUTS OVER THE ATLANTIC AND INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. PERSONS ALONG AND NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL WATER AND THE NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO STRONG SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. SUCH STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING WHILE MOVING OFFSHORE. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... COMBINED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET NEAR THE COAST...BUT WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES. LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE SEAS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ON MONDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES UP THE EAST COAST. LAKE WIND AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. PENDERGRAST
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 300 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 FLZ047-053-272045- OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN BREVARD- 300 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 ...STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH OVER OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 259 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLOPAW TO LAKE KISSIMMEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS OSCEOLA COUNTY AND TOWARD CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY BY 330 PM. IF THE STORMS STRENGTHEN FURTHER A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED. JP
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:46 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
An F1 tornado touched down in the western part of Palm Bay blowing down trees and damaging 20 homes. Four houses received major damage. A partially constructed block house was demolished. One person was injured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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