2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 30, 1:24 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 224 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... ...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AS ERNESTO LIFTS NORTH ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND APART FROM ERNESTO... CURRENTLY...AT 2 PM...CENTER OF TD ERNESTO NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE WITH INCREASE IN BANDING STRUCTURE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER. CONVERGENT INFLOW BAND ALSO SETTING UP N-NE OF THE CENTER. CURRENT TPC TRACK WILL PULL ERNESTO NNE TWD SRN BREVARD COUNTY AND OFFSHORE BY LATE EVENING. TONIGHT...MAIN CONCERNS FOR THE OVERNIGHT WILL BE AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OF RAIN BANDS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRENGTHENING LOW LVL FLOW NEAR THE COAST AND AROUND THE CENTER AS SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS THE SRN FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WILL BE INCREASING RAIN CHANCES INTO THE 70-80 PCT RANGE FOR TONIGHT WITH AFTERNOON PACKAGE AND CONTINUING FLOOD WATCH THROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS. EXPECT GUSTS TO TOP OUT IN THE 45 MPH RANGE WITH RAIN SQUALLS... SUSTAINED WINDS ALREADY ON THE INCREASE TO 20-25 MPH ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 3-5 INCHES WHERE STRONGER RAIN BANDS SET UP THROUGH THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS N CSTL SECTIONS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WIL BE MAKING OTHER ADJUSTMENTS PENDING 5PM NHC ADVISORY PACKAGE. THU...BULK OF CONCENTRATED RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH ERNESTO WILL SHIFT NORTH OF THE AREA. MOISTURE PROGGED TO REMAIN DEEP THOUGH...AND TRAILING CONVERGENCE BANDS TO THE SOUTH OF THE CIRCULATION SHOULD RESULT IN HIGH RAIN CHANCES. FRI-TUE...TROUGH PICKING UP ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO BE REINFORCED BY ANOTHER TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHWEST STEERING WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THE LATEST GFS SHOWS A NEARLY STATIONARY SURFACE TROUGH ALONG THE EAST COAST WITH HIGH MOISTURE BAND REMAINING ACROSS THE PENINSULA. WE MIGHT BE GETTING INTO A PROLONGED WET PATTERN IF THIS VERIFIES AS THE HIGH MOISTURE AND SOUTHWEST MID LEVEL FLOW SHOULD FAVOR THE EAST SIDE OF THE PENINSULA FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. && .MARINE...AS CENTER OF ERNESTO MOVES OFF THE COAST EARLY THIS EVENING EXPECT GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN SQUALLS TO CONTINUE...SO PLAN TO KEEP THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AT LEAST FOR EARLY TONIGHT. AS ERNESTO LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT... CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY START TO IMPROVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. THE OFFSHORE FLOW ON THU WILL LIKELY BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR HEADLINES...ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE DAY THOUGH. WINDS WILL DECREASE FURTHER FRI AND OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS NORTH. WE SHOULD SEE A RETURN OF 10 KNOT OR LESS CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 78 90 76 91 / 80 70 30 50 MCO 76 90 75 91 / 70 70 30 60 MLB 77 89 74 90 / 80 70 30 60 VRB 76 90 76 90 / 80 70 30 60 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING SEBASTIAN INLET TO FLAGLER BEACH ...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING BREVARD AND VOLUSIA. ...FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT. && SHORT TERM...WIMMER/VOLKMER LONG TERM/PUBLIC/MARINE....LASCODY TROPICAL...HAGEMEYER/SPRATT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 954 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 301545- 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- 954 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO ONSHORE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA... AT 945 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AS ERNESTO CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH AT 8 MPH...RAIN BANDS WITH EMBEDDED RAIN SQUALLS WILL COME ASHORE THE COAST FROM FLAGLER AND ORMOND BEACHES SOUTH...AND MOVE QUICKLY INLAND TO THE INTERIOR COUNTIES FROM WESTERN VOLUSIA TO OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES. THROUGH NOON...BRIEF BUT HEAVY SHOWERS WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR FROM VERO BEACH AND SEBASTIAN TO MELBOURNE...COCOA AND VIERA AS AN AREA OF RAIN MOVES QUICKLY ACROSS INDIAN RIVER AND BREVARD COUNTIES. MORE RAIN BAND SHOWERS WILL COME ASHORE BETWEEN MERRITT ISLAND AND SCOTTSMOOR...AND FROM DAYTONA BEACH TO PALM COAST. BRIEF BUT HEAVY RAIN WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR AS THE SHOWERS COME ASHORE. RADAR ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EAST OF MOSQUITO LAGOON. SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS ORANGE...SEMINOLE AND LAKE COUNTIES FROM METRO ORLANDO AND SANFORD TO CLERMONT...ZELLWOOD AND CASSIA. MORE RAIN BANDS WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE COAST BETWEEN JUPITER INLET AND FORT PIERCE...AND FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY INTO MARTIN COUNTY. WIMMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1102 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 301645- 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- 1102 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO MOVING UP THE CENTER OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA... AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AS ERNESTO CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH...RAIN BANDS WITH EMBEDDED RAIN SQUALLS WILL COME ASHORE THE COAST FROM FLAGLER AND ORMOND BEACHES SOUTH...AND MOVE QUICKLY INLAND TO THE INTERIOR COUNTIES FROM WESTERN VOLUSIA TO OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES. THROUGH 1 PM...ALTHOUGH ERNESTO HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IT WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINBANDS WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER THE BREVARD AND VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST. RADAR WAS DETECTING BRIEF...HEAVY RAIN COMING ASHORE FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON IN NORTHERN BREVARD TO PALM COAST AND FLAGLER BEACH WHICH ARE LOCATED NORTH OF DAYTONA BEACH. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN TO 2 INCHES IN CELLS LOCATED EAST OF MOSQUITO LAGOON AND CAPE CANAVERAL. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL SWEEP ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 4. ANOTHER AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WILL PUSH QUICKLY ACROSS MARTIN...OKEECHOBEE AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES WIMMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 145 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-301900- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN BREVARD-ST. LUCIE- 145 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...ERNESTO TO BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE TREASURE COAST THIS AFTERNOON... AT 145 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS MOVING NORTH TOWARD EASTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. OBSERVATIONS ALONG FROM COAST FROM VERO BEACH TO JENSEN BEACH INDICATE WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND BEACHES. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. SHOWERS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER ACROSS SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AND PUSH INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 TO 40 MPH IN RAIN SQUALLS. VOLKMER
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:40 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
County workers photographed an F0 tornado on the ground just north of Deer Park. No significant damage was noted.
County workers watched an F0 tornado touch down in a wooded area just southwest of Holopaw. No other damage was noted.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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