A band of thunderstorms moved from central Florida to the coast and Lake Okeechobee producing hail, strong winds and funnel clouds.
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A band of thunderstorms moved from central Florida to the coast and Lake Okeechobee producing hail, strong winds and funnel clouds.
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 Jul 15, 1:10 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 210 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY/TONIGHT...CONVECTION HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THE FAR NORTH BUT ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTH MAY BE SLIGHTLY SUPPRESSED. STILL EXPECT STORMS TO DEVELOP SOUTHWARD AS THE WEST COAST BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS THE PENINSULA AND INTERACTS WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE...WHICH WILL BE CONFINED CLOSE TO THE COAST. WITH LATER DEVELOPMENT...THESE STORMS SHOULD BE THE STRONGEST OF THE DAY AS INTERIOR TEMPS REACH THE MID 90S. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. STORM MOTION SHOULD BE SLOWING ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF AND SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY ALSO OCCUR. MON-WED...SHORT TERM MODELS BACKPEDALING ON RUSHING SURFACE RIDGE NORTHWARD. ORIGINALLY THIS FEATURE WAS SUPPOSED TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT INTO NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA...BUT LATEST MODEL RUNS SUGGEST THAT THE RIDGE AXIS...CURRENTLY NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE...WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MON AND FINALLY INTO NORTH FLORIDA ON TUE. STEERING FLOW ON MON WILL AGAIN BE WEAK...THOUGH FLOW IS FCST TO BACK TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. EXPECT A COLLISION OF THE EAST/WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND WILL KEEP HIGHEST POPS ON THIS DAY OVER THE NORTH AND TOWARDS THE INTERIOR. WITH A DEEP EAST/SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPING EXPECT HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF POPS INTO WED TO BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND TOWARDS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. AREAS NEARER THE COAST WILL HAVE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR PCPN LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MOVES ONSHORE AND CONTINUES TO VENTURE INLAND. OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING WILL ALSO BE A DIURNALLY FAVORED TIME FOR AREAS ALONG THE COAST TO RECEIVE A SHOWER DUE TO THE ONSHORE FLOW. IN THE UPPER LEVELS A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD WEST ACROSS THE PENINSULA WITH SOME WARMING ALOFT TAKING PLACE. TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL NORMS. THUR-SUN...SURFACE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA EXPECTED TO VENTURE BACK SOUTHWARD AND LIE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA THU-SUN AS A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH STRUGGLES TO PUSH ITSELF INTO THE GULF COAST STATES. ALOFT...THE MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AND GET NUDGED SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE OHIO/TENNESSEE VALLEYS. IT DOES APPEAR THAT DRIER AIR WILL INFILTRATE ACROSS THE PENINSULA AS THE WESTERN RIDGE RIDGE AXIS BUILDS OVER THE REGION...THOUGH WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW END SCT POPS WITH GREATER CHANCES FURTHER INLAND DURING THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...EXPECT SOME STRONG STORMS AS THE EAST/WEST COAST BOUNDARIES COLLIDE. IN THE SHORT TERM THIS WILL BE KDAB AND POSSIBLY DOWN TO KSFB WHERE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WILL OCCUR. THEN THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING IT LOOKS LIKE THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF THE AREA BUT THEY COULD AFFECT MCO. THESE STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL BE SLOWER MOVING WITH FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS THE MAIN HAZARDS. && .MARINE...OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY FROM ABOUT SEBASTIAN INLET NORTHWARD. OUTSIDE THE STORMS THERE ARE NO WIND/SEA CONCERNS WITH MAINLY SOUTH FLOW LESS THAN 10 KNOTS AND SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS. MON-FRI...THOUGH DELAYED PER LATEST MODEL RUNS...THE LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ON MON AND CONTINUE ITS NORTHWARD JOURNEY INTO NORTH FLORIDA ON TUE. HOWEVER THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO BE KNOCKED BACK INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE DAY ON THU AND INTO FRI. WILL START WITH LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW ON MON...THOUGH THIS IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO SOUTHEASTERLY BY LATE MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE WITH SOME SORT OF SOUTHERLY TO EASTERLY FLOW THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT PERIODS OF WIND SPEEDS 5-10 KTS/10-15 KTS. SEAS OF 2-3 FT WILL BUILD TO 3-4 FT LATE TUE THROUGH WED BEFORE SUBSIDING BACK TO 2-3 FT THU/FRI. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 73 90 75 90 / 30 40 10 30 MCO 75 91 75 92 / 30 50 20 40 MLB 74 89 77 88 / 30 40 20 40 VRB 74 90 76 89 / 30 40 20 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...LASCODY LONG TERM....SEDLOCK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 429 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 160930- 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- 429 AM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS ARE INITIALLY EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG THE COAST...POSSIBLY NEAR VERO BEACH AND FORT PIERCE BEFORE SPREADING INLAND TOWARDS LAKE OKEECHOBEE...RURAL OSCEOLA COUNTY AND THE ORLANDO METRO AREA. THE STRONGEST CELLS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE INTERIOR COUNTIES AND WILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING IS FLORIDAS NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED KILLER AND IS MOST PREVALENT DURING JULY. ALWAYS SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF LIGHTNING. ...FLOOD IMPACT... STORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RAINFALL RATES THIS INTENSE OFTEN RESULT IN MINOR URBAN FLOODING. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS IS LOW TODAY...RIP CURRENTS MAY STILL FORM NEAR JETTIES OR PIERS. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE MAINLAND...ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS AND INTO THE NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. THE STRONGEST CELLS WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS AND LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS...MAINLY NORTH OF COCOA BEACH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. A DEVELOPING ONSHORE FLOW SUGGESTS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE INTERIOR COUNTIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. HIRSCH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 114 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007 FLZ041-044-141-151800- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 114 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY...NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS FROM NEAR LAKE GEORGE TO BETWEEN ASTOR AND PAISLEY ...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH LAKE COUNTY AND NORTH VOLUSIA COUNTY...AFFECTING AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF STATE ROUTE 44. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE 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. RL
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds peeled back part of a roof on an apartment complex on the barrier island.
Pea size hail was also reported.
Thunderstorm winds ripped off parts of a back porch roof of a house. The debris damaged a nearby parked car.
Weather observers at the shuttle landing facility reported a funnel cloud to the west.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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