Sea breeze thunderstorms formed over Martin and St. Lucie counties producing heavy rain.
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Sea breeze thunderstorms formed over Martin and St. Lucie counties producing heavy rain.
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 14, 1:23 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 223 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 .DISCUSSION... THROUGH TONIGHT...CONVECTION THUS FAR HAS MAINLY BEEN LIMITED TO AREAS W AND S OF EC FL THIS AFTERNOON. EAST COAST SEA BREEZE HAS BEEN DEVELOPING AND STARTING TO DRIFT INLAND WITH STRAY SHOWERS VERY SHORT-LIVED ALONG IT. HAVE PUT IN ISOLATED STORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS ONLY WITH ACTIVITY OCCURRING ALONG BOUNDARY COLLISIONS. MID LEVELS RELATIVELY WARM BUT ALSO DRY SO ANY STORMS THAT DO MANAGE TO FORM MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. WED-SUN...TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTIONS PROG/S SHOW INCREASING DEPTH OF DRY/SUBSIDENT PATTERN IN THE MID/UPPER LEVELS WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL RAIN CHANCES AND TEMPERATURES AROUND/ABOVE THEIR CLIMO VALUES FOR MID AUGUST. PLACING LATEST UPPER AIR HUMIDITY PROGS OVER CURRENT WATER VAPOR LOOP SUPPORTS THIS THINKING BY SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF DRY AIR STRETCHING FROM WESTERN ATLANTIC TO THE OK/TX PANHANDLE BEING ADVECTED SOUTHWARD ACROSS FLORIDA BY CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND AN UPPER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT COVERS THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE CONTINENTAL U.S. LANDMASS. LATEST MAV MOS NUMBERS LOOK BIT HIGH GIVEN THE ABOVE SCENARIO AND WILL GO CLOSER TO 00Z MAV/MEX NUMBERS. MODELS HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA WITH TEMPERATURES. MON-TUE...FORECAST DEPENDENT UPON TRACK OF TC DEAN. FOR NOW...COORD WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES W/R/T WINDS/POPS. HAVE LIMITED POPS TO 30/40 AS MOISTURE STARTS MOVING IN OFF THE ATLANTIC MON-TUES. && .AVIATION...VFR OUTSIDE ISOLATED TSRA FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS NR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...MAINLY 20-24Z. && .MARINE...RIDGE AXIS TO OUR NORTH WILL KEEP WINDS ONSHORE AND LIGHT/MODERATE THROUGH THU. TAIL END OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND PUSH THE SURFACE RIDGE TO THE SOUTH WHICH WILL VEER THE WINDS TO THE SOUTH THEN SOUTHWEST BY SAT MORNING. GRADIENT DOES NOT LOOK STRONG ENOUGH TO HINDER SEA BREEZE FORMATION SAT. TAILEND OF FRONT QUICKLY LIFTS NORTHEAST SAT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE PENINSULA SHIFTS WINDS BACK TO AN ONSHORE DIRECTION BY SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 76 93 74 91 / 10 10 10 10 MCO 76 95 75 94 / 10 10 10 10 MLB 75 91 74 91 / 10 10 10 10 VRB 75 92 75 90 / 10 10 10 10 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...GLITTO LONG TERM....WIMMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 552 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 142200- 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- 552 AM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A DRIER AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO WORK SOUTH TODAY INTO VOLUSIA... LAKE...SEMINOLE...AND ORANGE COUNTIES. WITHIN THIS AREA...ONLY ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON STORMS ARE EXPECTED. FARTHER DOWN THE PENINSULA...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE... DEEPER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR ONE MORE DAY. SCATTERED MID TO LATE AFTERNOON STORMS WILL FORM IN THIS REGION AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE INTERACTS WITH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE BREEZE. STORMS TODAY WILL MOVE SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE...AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...AND OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID 90S AND A HUMID AIR MASS WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING 103 TO 105 DEGREES FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS. A SHORTER PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT WILL OCCUR ALONG MUCH OF THE COAST FROM ABOUT VERO BEACH NORTHWARD...UNTIL THE SEA BREEZE PRODUCES SOME IMPROVEMENT. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... FAVORABLE CONDITIONS MAY EXIST FOR A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS OR AN ISOLATED WATERSPOUT TO FORM NEAR QUICK DEVELOPING MID AFTERNOON STORMS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THIS WEATHER WILL BE ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL RIVERS AND BARRIER ISLANDS SOUTH OF VERO BEACH AND ALSO NEAR THE NORTH AND EAST SHORES OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS MONTH...SEVERAL DRY DAYS ARE IN STORE... WITH NO RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN BY LATE IN THE WEEK...HOWEVER THE COVERAGE OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY STORMS WHICH FORM LATER THIS WEEK WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND OF COURSE DEADLY LIGHTNING. MEANWHILE...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER FOUR IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE AND MOVE NEAR OR NORTH OF THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS BY LATE IN THE WEEK. THIS TROPICAL CYCLONE MAY THREATEN A PORTION OF THE U.S. MAINLAND BY THIS TIME NEXT WEEK. IF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE MOVES INTO THE SOUTHWEST ATLANTIC...BUILDING SWELLS AND INCREASING RIP CURRENTS COULD BEGIN TO IMPACT THE LOWER ATLANTIC COAST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SOUTH OF OKEECHOBEE AND VERO BEACH ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. SPRATT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 341 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 FLZ064-142030- MARTIN- 341 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY... AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER PALM CITY. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. OTHER STRONG STORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWARD ACROSS EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH...WHICH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES. STATE LAW REQUIRES HEADLIGHTS TO BE TURNED ON WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE. SEDLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 353 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 FLZ059-064-142045- MARTIN-ST. LUCIE- 353 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY... AT 351 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS 5 MILES WEST OF NORTH RIVER SHORES...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL SPOTTER REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR INTERSTATE 95 AND NEAR THE TRADITIONS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SITE. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN OCCASIONALLY TOUCH DOWN AND PRODUCE BRIEF...SMALL TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. TES
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 429 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 FLZ059-064-142130- MARTIN-ST. LUCIE- 429 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MARTIN COUNTY...SOUTHERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY... AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWARD AT AROUND 5 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...WHICH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES. STATE LAW REQUIRES HEADLIGHTS TO BE TURNED ON WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE. SEDLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 531 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 FLZ054-058-142215- INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE- 531 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY... NORTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY... AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT DRUM...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES. STATE LAW REQUIRES HEADLIGHTS TO BE TURNED ON WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE. SEDLOCK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain over Martin County produced flooded roads in Palm City and near Stuart. Spotters reported four to six inches of rainfall from Indiantown to the coast.
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