1 lightning, 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 May 28, 8:55 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 955 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 .DISCUSSION...WEAKENING SURFACE TROUGH WAS CROSSING THE SAINT MARYS RIVER...FL/GA BORDER AREA MID MORNING. RADAR WAS DETECTING SHOWERS AND STORMS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WERE BRUSHING THE SAINT JOHNS COUNTY AND SAINT AUGUSTINE COAST AT TIME OF AFD. IF THE SHOWERS/STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THE DISTANCE/SPEED TOOL ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL AT THE ORMOND/DAYTONA BEACH AREA WAS AROUND NOON. FULL MORNING SUNSHINE WAS QUICKLY HEATING UP THE ATMOSPHERE AND WE SHOULD EASILY REACH THE FORECAST HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON. AREA 12Z/8AM UPPER AIR SOUNDING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES RANGED FROM 1.3 TO 1.5 INCHES AND 500MB TEMPERATURES AROUND -8C. LATEST MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE PENINSULA. MORNING UPDATE... FOR THE MOST PART THE ZONES LOOK GOOD WITH SHOWERS/STORMS BEGINNING EARLY AFTERNOON WHICH SHOULD COVER THE WEATHER CURRENTLY MOVING DOWN THE FIRST COAST/SAINT AUGUSTINE HOWEVER...WILL BREAK OUT SOUTH LAKE TO MENTION POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS LIKE INLAND VOLUSIA AND NORTH LAKE. WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT AND RAPID HEATING OF THE AIR WILL ALLOW EARLY SEA BREEZE FORMATION AND THE SEA BREEZE SHOULD BE WELL ON ITS WAY ACROSS THE COAST BY 18Z/2PM AS DEPICTED BY THE WIND GRIDS. LATEST WRFNMM8 RUN WAS INDICATING A LATE AFTERNOON EAST/WEST COAST SEA BREEZE COLLISION OVER OUR WESTERN SECTIONS AND THE WEATHER LASTING THROUGH MID EVENING MAINLY WEST OF METRO ORLANDO WHICH IS IN LINE WITH FORECAST. WITH AREA SOUNDINGS SHOWING DRIER AIR ABOVE 850MB THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. && .MARINE...BUOY 009 HAS BEEN RECORDING WSW WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS AND 1 TO 2 FOOT SEAS PAST SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST NEAR THE COAST AS THE SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION DEVELOPS EARLY AFTERNOON. FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE. && .AVIATION...VFR AREA-WIDE EXCEPT FOR MAINLY MVFR IN VCNTY OF ISOLATED STORMS KDAB/KSFB MID-LATE AFTERNOON AND KMCO WEST LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. EXPECT GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WEST OF KMCO LATE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. LATE DAY CONVECTION FAR INLAND COULD BECOME STRONG WITH HIGH WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE...AGAIN MAINLY WEST OF KMCO. && .FIRE WEATHER...MINIMAL RH VALUES WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE 40 PERCENT. MAIN CONCERN TODAY WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS OVER WESTERN SECTIONS. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...WIMMER LONG TERM....SHARP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 619 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 282230- 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- 619 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A WEAKENING SURFACE TROUGH WILL DROP INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL ALLOW THE ATLANTIC AND GULF SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES TO FORM BY MID DAY AND ADVANCE STEADILY INLAND. ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF ORLANDO AND IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE...MAINLY AFTER 2 PM. BY LATE AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FORM AS THE ATLANTIC AND GULF BREEZE BOUNDARIES COLLIDE...MAINLY FROM NEAR LAKE GEORGE TO JUST WEST OF ORLANDO TO LAKE KISSIMMEE. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. THESE STORMS WILL INITIALLY MOVE LITTLE...BUT THEN WILL ADVANCE TOWARDS THE WESTERN PENINSULA AT 10 MPH...REACHING THE GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS MAY FORM MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE...OTHERWISE DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TUESDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE DAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL FLORIDA INTERIOR. INCREASING MOISTURE LEVELS AND ACTIVE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES SUGGEST A RETURN TO SCATTERED DAILY STORMS BEGINNING THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY. SPRATT
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 10 year old female was struck by lightning while outside. She sustained minor injuries.
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