1 tornado, 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 Jul 6, 1:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 200 PM EDT THU JUL 6 2006 .DISCUSSION... ...ANOTHER WET DAY ON TAP FRIDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL... TONIGHT...KMLB 88D SHOWS CONVECTION ON A SLOW BUT STEADY INCREASE ...ESPEC ACROSS THE SRN HALF CWA. GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE IN PLACE COUPLED WITH ABUNDANT SFC HEATING...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO FILL IN ACROSS THE NRN/CTRL CWA THROUGH LATE AFTN AND CONTINUE THRU EARLY EVENING. HAVE PAINTED RELATIVELY HIGH POPS (30 SOUTH INTR TO 50 NE COAST) FOR THE EARLY EVENING... WITH ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF TWD MIDNIGHT. FRI...UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOW AS IT APPROACHES THE STATE. GFS AND NAM-WRF IN AGREEMENT THAT DEEPEST MOISTURE (PWATS WELL ABOVE 2.0 INCHES) WILL POOL ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA. AMBIENT OFFSHORE FLOW WILL COLLIDE WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE TO PRODUCE STRONGEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES. COOLER TEMPS ALOFT ( -8C @ 500 MB) SHOULD PROMOTE AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND POSSIBLY SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AS WELL. UNSTABLE AIRMASS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SCATTERED CONVECTION INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH THE STEERING FLOW TAKING ACTIVITY DOWN THE SPACE AND TREASURE COASTS. SAT...GFS HAS FLIP-FLOPPED WITH REGARD TO THE TIMING OF THE TROUGH. LATEST RUN AGAIN MOVES THE TROUGH NORTHEAST UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD BEFORE BECOMING NEGATIVELY TILTED ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. WHILE DRYING MAY NOT BE AS PRONOUNCED AS THE NAM-WRF DEPICTS...DRIER AIR MOVING INTO NORTHERN FL SHOULD LIMIT PRECIP CHANCES NORTH OF THE CAPE. SURFACE HIGH BUILDING OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD SAT NIGHT WILL MERGE WITH THE SEMI-PERMANENT ATLANTIC RIDGE AS A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF STREAM. SUN-THU...ONSHORE FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD...RESULTING IN A CONTINUATION OF THE MOIST CONDITIONS. GFS/ECM STILL KEYING IN ON AN APPROACHING WAVE WHICH WILL LIKELY INCREASE RAIN CHANCES TOWARDS MIDWEEK. && .MARINE...COMBINATION OF S-SW WINDS 10-15KT WITH A SMALL SWELL COMPONENT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SEAS IN THE 3-5FT RANGE OVERNIGHT. MAIN MARINE CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE ENHANCED WINDS/SEAS INVOF SCT TO NMRS MARINE TSRA...WHICH WILL BE MOVING EASTWARD OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS. HAZARDS WILL INCLUDE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP SAT...THOUGH WAVE WATCH SUGGESTS SEAS WILL ONLY TOP OUT AROUND 3-4FT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...GIVEN THE CURRENT COVERAGE ON RADAR AND SW STEERING FLOW ...EXPECT NMRS SHRA WITH SCT IFR TSRA THRU ABOUT 00Z ACROSS THE MCO-ORL-SFB AERODROMES...AND ENDING AROUND 01Z-02Z FOR DAB-MLB-VRB. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 72 84 72 86 / 50 90 60 50 MCO 75 87 72 88 / 30 90 50 50 MLB 72 86 70 87 / 40 90 60 50 VRB 73 87 71 87 / 40 80 50 60 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...CRISTALDI LONG TERM....HIRSCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1120 AM EDT THU JUL 6 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 062100- 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- 1120 AM EDT THU JUL 6 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DEEP SOUTHWEST SURFACE AND STEERING FLOW...COUPLED WITH DAYTIME HEATING...THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE...AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS TO FOCUS TOWARD THE EAST COAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A MODERATE THREAT OF LIGHTNING WILL EXIST IN THIS AREA...AND A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG NEAR BOUNDARY COLLISIONS...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 35 MPH. ...FLOOD IMPACT... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE RESIDES OVER THE AREA...AND STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCAL RAIN TOTALS OF BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES. THIS IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR AS STORMS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST PILE UP ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. TEMPORARY PONDING OF WATER MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS WILL FOCUS TOWARD THE EAST COAST LATER TODAY WITH SOME PUSHING OFFSHORE. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST EACH DAY WITH STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF ACTIVATE IF ANY WARNINGS BECOME NECESSARY. PLEASE REPORT ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO INCHES OR MORE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MELBOURNE. CRISTALDI
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout touched down in the St. Johns River along Highway 44 east of Paisley. It quickly made landfall near a marina on the Lake County side of the river. It destroyed a pontoon boat and severly damaged eight others.
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