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NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 1:35 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 235 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 .DISCUSSION...TONIGHT...DEEP LAYER RIDGE AXIS...SURFACE-500MB... POSITIONED NORTH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL RESULT IN SOUTHEAST WINDS AND A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MASS MOVING INTO THE AREA. EARLY EVENING STORMS OVER WESTERN COUNTIES WILL QUICKLY WIND DOWN. SURFACE-700MB MEAN WINDS STILL RATHER LIGHT BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLATED LATE NIGHT/MORNING COASTAL SHOWERS/STORMS SOUTHERN BREVARD TO MARTIN COUNTY. MOS NUMBERS FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS +/- A DEGREE TO CURRENT LOWS. SUN-WED...LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE TO PATTERN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AXIS OF SURFACE HIGH WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE CWA...CAUSING LIGHT ONSHORE GRADIENT FLOW TO PERSIST. DAYTIME HEATING WILL PROMOTE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE FORMATION EACH DAY...WITH SLOW/STEADY INLAND PROPAGATION DURING THE AFTERNOONS. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE PROFILES SHOULD REMAIN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL...LEADING TO FORMATION OF ISOLATED MORNING/MID DAY SHOWERS/STORMS OVER COASTAL COUNTIES...WITH COVERAGE/INTENSITY INCREASING OVER THE INTERIOR MID-LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPS NEAR CLIMO. THU-SAT...SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTHWARD TOWARD NORTHERN CWA THU...AND CENTRAL CWA BY SAT. SURFACE/STEERING WINDS WILL LESSEN AS THE RIDGE SETTLES SOUTHWARD. MEANWHILE...DEEP LAYER MOISTURE PROFILES WILL LIKELY INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AS TUTT AXIS PROGRESSES ACROSS THE STATE AND INTO THE GULF. SOME ADDITIONAL MOISTURE POOLING POSSIBLE FROM THE NW AS WELL AS TROUGH DROPS INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES TOWARD THE WEEKEND. EXPECT UPWARD TREND IN POPS...TOWARD CLIMO OR A BIT ABOVE...AS DEEPER MOISTURE AND SLOWER INLAND PENETRATION OF SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY EXPECTED. TEMPS REMAIN NEAR CLIMO. && .MARINE...TRANQUIL BOATING CONDITIONS LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY AS WINDS REMAIN BELOW 15 KT WITH SEAS 3 FT OR LESS. SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION WILL TAKE SHAPE EACH AFTERNOON NEAR SHORE...LOCALLY ENHANCING ONSHORE WIND COMPONENT. && .AVIATION...SCT IFR CIGS/VSBY NR TSTMS/SHRA OVER THE INTR TIL MID EVE. LCL MVFR IN LATE NIGHT ISOLD SHRA ALG CST FM COF/MLB SOUTH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 76 89 77 89 / 10 20 20 20 MCO 76 93 77 93 / 20 30 20 30 MLB 77 89 78 89 / 20 20 20 20 VRB 78 89 79 89 / 20 20 20 20 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...WIMMER LONG TERM....SPRATT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 956 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 162000- 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- 956 AM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A DRIER ATMOSPHERE WILL LEAD TO FEWER LIGHTNING STORMS THAN PREVIOUS DAYS...HOWEVER SEA AND LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARIES WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG AFTERNOON HEATING TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS. THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL OCCUR MAINLY FROM VOLUSIA AND LAKE COUNTIES SOUTH TO OKEECHOBEE COUNTY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY PUSHES INLAND. ALTHOUGH TODAYS ATMOSPHERE IS DRIER THAN FRIDAYS...TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE STILL COOL ENOUGH FOR THE FORMATION OF HAIL AND WIND GUSTS FROM THE STRONGER STORM CELLS. LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE A LITTLE STRONGER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS DAY BUT WINDS ABOVE THE LOWER LEVELS ARE STILL LESS THAN 10 MPH UP TO 25000 FEET WHICH WOULD IMPLY RELATIVELY SLOW MOVING STORMS. THE PRIMARY THREATS OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGER STORMS WITH THE GREATEST THREAT MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 4. THE SPIN UP OF BRIEF TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. ...FLOOD IMPACT... BECAUSE OF THE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVING STORMS LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE STRONGER CELLS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AS WELL AS LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS MAINLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 4. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE MAY PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A WATERSPOUT WITHIN CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE ATLANTIC AND INTRACOASTAL WATERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL FOR FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS WILL DECREASE ONCE THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE STRENGTHENS AND MOVES INLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH AN INCREASE IN AFTERNOON COVERAGE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. WIMMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 340 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 FLZ053-162030- OSCEOLA- 340 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM DEVELOPING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING 6 MILES EAST OF POINCIANA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHTNING STORM INCLUDE CAMPBELL AND POINCIANA. 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. BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. GET TO SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A LIGHTNING STORM THEN SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED VEHICLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES. DO NOT PUSH YOUR LUCK BY TRYING TO FINISH THE JOB WHILE THE STORM APPROACHES. KELLY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A male construction worker was injured by lightning while working on a roof.
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