1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 1:16 PM EST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 216 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY-TONIGHT...UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS...AND MAY HAVE TRENDED MORE WEST NORTHWESTWARD...WHICH THE GFS IS NOW INDICATING. NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA CONTINUE TO LOOK DRY ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WHILE SOUTHERN SECTIONS ARE SHOWING SOME LINGERING HIGH MID CLOUDS. THIS WAS LIMITING HEATING A BIT AND NOTHING HAS FIRED ON THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE EXCEPT JUST SOUTH OF OUR AREA IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS INDICATES THAT WHILE IT HAS COOLED OFF SLIGHTLY IN THE MID LEVELS...THE INSTABILITY IS STILL LACKING. HOWEVER...THE CORE OF THE COLD POCKET ALOFT WILL MOVE CLOSER TO OUR SOUTHERN AREAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. WOULD EXPECT BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS TO INCREASE AND GENERATE A FEW STORMS...WHICH COULD BE STRONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN SECTIONS...WHERE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR. PLAN TO CARRY SLIGHT CHANCE POPS 00Z-06Z...WHICH IS A LITTLE LATER THAN NORMAL SINCE THE COLD POOL WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE NIGHT. SOUTHERN SECTIONS MAY HAVE SCATTERED COVERAGE BEFORE 00Z. FRI...SLOW-MOVING UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE DRIFTING WESTWARD ACROSS THE PENINSULA AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH ( -8C@ 500 MB) WILL HELP TO STEEPEN MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. COOLER TEMPS ALOFT ALONG WITH PWATS NEAR 2.0 INCHES AND INTERACTION OF MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED CONVECTION LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SUSPECT THAT MAV POPS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT ARE BEING INFLUENCED BY THE ANTECEDENT DRYNESS AND PERSISTENCE FORECAST OF NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. LOW-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN SITUATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PENINSULA...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A LIGHT STEERING FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. GREATEST THREAT FROM STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN (RESULTING IN PONDING OF WATER OR MINOR FLOODING) AND LIGHTNING...THOUGH CONVECTIVE PARAMETERS ALSO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SAT-SUN...OFFICIAL NHC FORECAST TAKES CHRIS WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA AND TOWARDS NORTHERN CUBA AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. LATEST GFS SUGGESTS DRIER SUBSIDENT AIR WILL PRECEDE THIS SYSTEM SAT. HOWEVER...SLUG OF DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH WHATS LEFT OF CHRIS (POSSIBLY IN THE FORM OF AN OPEN WAVE) WILL ENHANCE RAIN CHANCES SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT. MEANWHILE...AXIS OF THE ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL LIFT NORTHWARD IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING SYSTEM. MON-THU...PATTERN WILL BECOME MORE AMPLIFIED AS A TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN US...SHUNTING A STRONG RIDGE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. WILL KEEP POPS AT OR BELOW CLIMO WITH THE MEAN LAYER DRYING AND ANTICYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION CHANCES MAY INCREASE AGAIN TOWARDS LATE WEEK AS THE LOW-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS DRIFTS BACK TO THE SOUTH AND ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. && .MARINE...NO MARINE WIND/SEA HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS GENERALLY 2-3 FT. STORMS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY COULD BE STRONG AS COLD POOL ALOFT AFFECTS THE WATERS. BEACHGOERS WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FOR REGENERATION OF TC CHRIS SOUTH OF THE FORECAST WATERS. ANY REDEVELOPMENT WOULD LIKELY PRODUCE INCREASING SWELLS AND A HIGHER RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LATE SAT THROUGH SUN. && .AVIATION...VERY SLOW CLOUD GROWTH INDICATED ON LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY. A SMALL CHANCE FOR STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE A LITTLE PAST SUNSET...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTH INTERIOR. ANY STORMS THAT GET GOING WOULD LIKELY BECOME STRONG...SO EVEN IF HEAVY RAIN DOES NOT OCCUR AT THE TAF SITES...STRONG OUTFLOW WINDS MAY MOVE OUT WELL AWAY FROM THE STORM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 76 93 74 92 / 20 40 30 40 MCO 76 95 75 94 / 20 40 30 40 MLB 74 92 75 91 / 20 40 30 40 VRB 74 92 75 89 / 20 40 30 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LASCODY LONG TERM....HIRSCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 520 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 031930- 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- 520 AM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL TRACK WESTWARD TOWARD THE SOUTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY PUSHES INLAND TOWARD INTERIOR SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ALTHOUGH ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM ORLANDO AND THE CAPE NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY EARLY EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG LATE TODAY WITH FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...DOWNBURST WINDS TO 40 TO 50 MPH AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. IF STORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A STURDY STRUCTURE. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... A MID LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE STATE AND DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA WILL LEAD TO HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID 90S ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR MAY EVEN REACH THE UPPER 90S THIS AFTERNOON AND APPROACH RECORD LEVELS. HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED NEAR 105 ACROSS THE INTERIOR FROM MID DAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTDOORS...REMEMBER TO TAKE BREAKS AND NOT OVER EXERT YOURSELF IN THESE CONDITIONS. STAY WELL HYDRATED...AND TAKE BREAKS IN THE SHADE OR IN AN AIR CONDITIONED PLACE IF POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WEST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARD EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD UNDER SOUTHEAST FLOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. VOLKMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 327 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 FLZ059-064-032015- MARTIN-ST. LUCIE- 327 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2006 ...STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH OVER CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY... AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER RURAL CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY. OTHER STORMS WEST OF PORT ST LUCIE AND I 95 WERE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES...DEFINED AS 12 OR MORE CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES PER MINUTE. SEEK SHELTER IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING OR HARD TOPPED AUTOMOBILE. OPEN SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. KELLY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds blew down large tents and advertising signs at the St. Lucie County faregrounds.
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