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 26, 1:15 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 215 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE MARCHING RIGHT ACROSS THE PENINSULA ONCE AGAIN. LOW LEVEL SWIRL OFFSHORE JACKSONVILLE PROVIDING A NORTHWEST COMPONENT TO THE FLOW SO CELL MOTION IS EAST SOUTHEAST TODAY. DRIER AIR SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE AREA. NOTED THAT CHARACTER OF THE CONVECTION NORTH OF THIS MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE CELLS MOVING ACROSS INTERIOR/CENTRAL SECTIONS. REST OF THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT...STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD OCCUR AS THE BOUNDARY FROM THE WEST COAST ACTIVITY COLLIDES WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL OCCUR ALONG OR JUST WEST OF I-95 FROM BREVARD COUNTY SOUTHWARD. THE STORMS SHOULD PUSH BACK ACROSS MUCH OF THE COAST AND A FEW COULD BE STRONG. EXPECT THAT MOST ACTIVITY WILL END BY AROUND SUNSET DUE TO THE EARLY ONSET OF CONVECTION. THERE MAY BE SOME POCKETS OF LINGERING INSTABILITY SO PLAN TO GO WITH 30 PERCENT EVENING POPS WHICH IS ABOUT 10 PERCENT BELOW GUIDANCE. SUN...STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN PARKED ACROSS GA...PRODUCING A WARMING AND DRYING EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT. MEANWHILE...POORLY INITIALIZED VORTEX EAST OF JAX HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT AND WILL COMPLICATE MATTERS. GFS DRIFTS THIS LOW WESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN FL...WHILE POSSIBLY ENHANCING CONVECTION SOUTH AND EAST OF THE LOW. GFS MAY BE TOO AGGRESSIVE GIVEN THE WEAK STEERING CURRENTS AND CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE MEANDERING LOW-LEVEL VORTEX ABOUT A WEEK AGO. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY WOULD KEEP THE LOW OFFSHORE...WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM MARINE ACTIVITY INHIBITING CONVECTION OVER LAND. NEVERTHELESS...AMPLE MOISTURE BELOW 700 MB SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE SOME SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY BY AFTERNOON AND WILL RUN WITH POPS NEAR THE MAVS (AROUND 40 PERCENT). WITH RELATIVELY WARM TEMPS ALOFT...GREATEST STORM THREATS WILL BE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND MINOR FLOODING IN SLOW MOVING CELLS. MON...MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT SHOWING A SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIR MASS ADVECTING WESTWARD ACROSS THE STATE. THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE LATEST GFS MOS WITH POPS LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW ALSO SUGGESTS THAT ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP WILL TRACK QUICKLY WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. TUE-SAT...FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE STRONG RIDGE TO THE NORTH. IT IS THE STRENGTH OF THIS RIDGE THAT WILL ULTIMATELY STEER TROPICAL CYCLONE ERNESTO THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND MOST LIKELY INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. WHILE THE LATEST OFFICIAL TRACK ENVELOPE TAKES ERNESTO INTO THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH THE MIDWEEK PERIOD...THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN ITS TRACK DUE TO THE WIDE DISPARITY IN MODEL SOLUTIONS. THE LATEST GFS APPEARS TO BE AN OUTLIER...TRACKING THE STORM WELL TO THE EAST...THROUGH THE KEYS AND TOWARDS THE FL PANHANDLE. IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS...IT IS PRUDENT TO BASE THE EXTENDED FORECAST ON CLIMATOLOGY. WILL GENERALLY RUN WITH LIGHT WINDS AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...GLOBAL MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE RIDGE WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK DOWN OR SLIDE TO THE SOUTH...PLACING THE FORECAST AREA IN WETTER OFFSHORE FLOW REGIME FRI-SAT. && .MARINE...EXPECT SOME STORMS TO AFFECT THE WATERS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. MAY SEE A FEW SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS ONCE AGAIN... ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTH HALF...AS THERE SHOULD BE A GOOD BOUNDARY COLLISION OVER THE MAINLAND. STORM MOTION WILL THEN BE BACK TO THE COAST...ROUGHLY EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 KNOTS. ONSHORE FLOW WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AROUND 10 KT THROUGH MIDWEEK. GFS-BASED WAVE WATCH MODEL BRINGS SEAS UP TO 5 FT THU...THOUGH THIS IS LARGELY A RESULT OF ERNESTO AND WILL BE DISREGARDED. WILL KEEP SEAS MORE IN THE 3-4 FT RANGE AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...STRONGEST BOUNDARY COLLISION WILL BE OCCURRING SOUTH OF DAYTONA BEACH...FROM NEAR TITUSVILLE TO WEST OF MELBOURNE...VERO BEACH AND FT PIERCE. THE STORMS SHOULD THEN MOVE BACK ACROSS THESE COASTAL SITES. THE SANFORD/OIA CORRIDOR LOOKS LIKE IT WILL ESCAPE STRONG STORMS AS BOUNDARY FROM WEST COAST IS ALREADY PASSING THROUGH...THOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME AIR MASS RECOVERY AND CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS REDEVELOPING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 74 89 76 92 / 30 50 10 10 MCO 75 92 77 94 / 30 50 10 20 MLB 73 89 77 90 / 30 40 10 10 VRB 74 90 77 89 / 30 40 10 10 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LASCODY LONG TERM....HIRSCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 500 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 262000- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 500 AM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ABUNDANT MOISTURE...AFTERNOON HEATING AND A SOUTHWARD MOVING TROUGH AXIS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL ALSO DEVELOP AND PUSH SLOWLY INLAND ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES PROVIDING CONVERGENCE FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MAIN THREATS WITH STORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR AN ISOLATED BRIEF TORNADO OR FUNNEL WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY. HEAD INDOORS AT THE FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... THERE WILL BE A VERY LOW THREAT FOR A WATERSPOUT ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A FEW STORMS NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO 35 KNOTS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR WHEN STORMS APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. ...FLOOD IMPACT... STORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS EXPECTED WITH STRONGER SLOW MOVING STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A MID LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER NORTH FLORIDA EARLY NEXT WEEK DECREASING RAIN CHANCES. INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW AND DEEPENING MOISTURE IS FORECAST INTO LATE WEEK WHICH SHOULD INCREASE AFTERNOON COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS BY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. VOLKMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 535 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006 FLZ045-262200- ORANGE- 535 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH OVER ORANGE COUNTY... AT 533 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER APOPKA...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE CLARCONA...LOCKHART AND PINE HILLS. OTHER STORMS DEVELOPING IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. KELLY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
646 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006
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0400 PM HEAVY RAIN MELBOURNE 28.08N 80.61W
08/26/2006 M2.50 INCH BREVARD FL NWS EMPLOYEE
OFF DUTY NWS METEOROLOGIST REPORTED 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN
ONE HOUR IN NORTH MELBOURNE.
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JRCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 652 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006 FLZ053-262315- OSCEOLA- 652 PM EDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH OVER NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 650 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER KISSIMMEE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVLEOP SOUTH TOWARD CAMPBELL AND SAINT CLOUD AND POINCIANA. KELLY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:51 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Local emergency management officials reported a funnel cloud over Lake Griffin.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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