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 Jul 13, 12:45 PM EST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 145 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 .DISCUSSION...CORRECTED MARINE DISCUSSION TONIGHT...LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SULTRY NIGHT AS SURFACE TO 500MB RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA. WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 70S AND ONLY A COUPLE OF COOP SITES REPORTING OVERNIGHT LOWS BELOW 75 DEGREES THIS MORNING...BUMPED OVERNIGHT LOWS UP A DEGREE OR TWO FROM CURRENT FORECASTED NUMBERS. LIGHT WINDS WILL NOT ALLOW TOO MUCH MIXING AFTER THE EVENING HOURS. THURSDAY THRU SUNDAY...FAIRLY TYPICAL WET SEASON PATTERN CONTINUES WITH RIGE AXIS ABOUT OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THURSDAY MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD TO NORTH FLORIDA BY LATE SATURDAY. HIGH PW ALONG WITH WEAK FLOW WILL ALLOW DAILY SEA BREEZES TO RAPIDLY INITIATE RW/TRW THEN OUTFLOW BOUDNARIES WILL DOMINATE CONVECTIVE INITIATION. STEERING LEVEL FLOW REMAINS IN THE 5 TO 10 KT RANGE SO STORMS WONT GO VERY FAR BEFORE RAINING OUT AND PRODUCING NEW STORMS VIA OUTFLOWS. CONVECTION SHOULD BE DIURNAL WITH RW ISOLD TRW LINGERING TILL EVENING ESPECIALLY INTERIOR. MONDAY THRU WEDNESDAY...RIDGE AXIS CONTINUES DRIFTING NORTHWARD AND EASTERLY FLOW DEEPENS. STEERING FLOW CONTINUES AT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEAST AT ONLY 5 TO 10. GFS INDICATES DRIER AIRMASS MOVING IN MONDAY AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY DROP POPS TO BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST...BUT WILL CONTINUE WITH POPS AROUND 40 PCT AT THIS TIME DUE TO UNCERTAINTY. && .MARINE...AFTER THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION DIMINISHES DURING THE EVENING HOURS WINDS WILL BE 10 KNOTS OR LESS DUE TO RIDGE AXIS OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. WINDS REMAIN AROUND 10 KTS THROUGH MONDAY WITH SEAS GENERALLY AROUND 2 TO 3 FT. SEAS MAY BUILD TO AROUND 4 FEET OFFSHORE BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ONLY HAZARD WILL BE ISOLATED TRW. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AS THE SEA BREEZE WILL HAVE PUSHED INLAND. SCATTERED IFR CONDITIONS AROUND THUNDERSTORMS PROPAGATING INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGHEST COVERAGE EXPECTED INLAND BETWEEN 20Z-24Z. COULD SEE PATCHES OF SHALLOW GROUND FOG OR FOG AROUND SUNRISE BUT ANY FOG WILL BE MVFR. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 76 90 76 89 / 10 50 20 40 MCO 76 92 75 91 / 20 50 20 40 MLB 77 89 76 90 / 10 50 20 40 VRB 76 88 76 89 / 10 50 20 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...WIMMER LONG TERM....HAGEMEYER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE MELBOURNE FL 615 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 132000- 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- 615 AM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DAYTIME HEATING...ALONG WITH THE AFTERNOON SEA AND LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARIES...WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS TO DEVELOP TODAY. THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL AGAIN BE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZE PUSHES INLAND DURING THE TIME OF PEAK HEATING. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. ...FLOOD IMPACT... LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOST INTENSE STORMS TODAY....ESPECIALLY OVER THE INTERIOR FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING DUE TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENT. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AS WELL AS LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING...MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY...WITH LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING AS THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS. TROPICAL CYCLONE EMILY ...APPROACHING THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO PASS WELL SOUTH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS ON EMILY FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CRISTALDI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 509 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 FLZ045-132215- ORANGE- 509 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY... AT 501 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER PINE HILLS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHTNING STORM INCLUDE BAY HILL...PINE CASTLE...DOCTOR PHILLIPS AND PLEASURE ISLAND. RADAR INDICATED THE STORM ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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. A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS STORM IF IT INTENSIFIES FURTHER. BRAGAW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 550 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 FLZ053-132230- OSCEOLA- 550 PM EDT WED JUL 13 2005 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER SOUTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY SPREADING INTO EXTREME NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER CELEBRATION...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. 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. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. KELLY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Orange County Sheriffs Office reported a funnel cloud over Winter Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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