The afternoon sea breeze triggered thunderstorms over Central Florida.
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The afternoon sea breeze triggered thunderstorms over Central Florida.
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 15, 8:25 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 925 AM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 .DISCUSSION... ...HIGHER RAIN CHANCES NORTH OF ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE TODAY... CURRENT...STALLED OUT FRONTAL BDRY REMAINS ACROSS SRN AL/GA...WITH PREFRONTAL MOISTURE BAND HAVING SAGGED SWD ACROSS THE NRN CWA. MORNING RAOBS REFLECT THIS AS PWATS AT TBW/MLB (2.0/2.1) ARE NOW HIGHER THAN THAT OF JAX (1.8). AIR MASS STILL REMAINS DRIER OVER SOUTH FL...ESPEC THE KEYS. RADAR INDICATES SEVERAL BANDS OF SHRA MOVING ACROSS THE NRN HALF CWA...WEAKENING OVER LAND DURING THE DIURNAL CONVECTIVE MIN. CONVECTION EXTENDS EWD INTO THE GOMEX...BUT IS NOT ALL THAT INTENSE COMPARED TO THU...AS EVIDENCED BY LACK OF LTG. RAOBS/915MHZ PROFILER DATA SHOWS SOLID 20KT OF WSW FLOW FROM THE SFC UP TO 10KFT...ABOUT 5-10KT WEAKER THAN TUE...BUT STILL VERY RESPECTABLE. H50 TEMPS RUNNING ABOUT -6C...SIMILAR TO THU. FCST...MODEL GUIDANCE PROGS DEEPER MOISTURE TO REMAIN OVER THE NRN CWA TODAY...WHILST THE LOW-MID LVL WRLY WEAKENS TO ABOUT 10-15KT. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR A LATE DAY ECSB...ESPEC SOUTH OF THE CAPE...WHERE THE WRLIES ARE WEAKER TO BEGIN WITH...AND GREATER DIURNAL HEATING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. ALL-IN-ALL...CURRENT FCST LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. PLAN TO TWEAK POPS UP JUST A BIT ACROSS THE NORTH TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...BUT WILL LKLY TRIM COVERAGE OF TS TO SCT FOR ALL OF THE CWA. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHRA WITH ISOLD TS WILL MOVE QUICKLY W-E THRU THE AFTN. LIKE THU...THE HIGHEST COVRG EXPECTED INVOF THE NRN FIVE AERODROMES. WIND GUSTS WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON HOW INTENSE CONVECTION GETS. COULD SEE UPWARDS OF 30KT OR SO IF SOME DECENT CELL CORES CAN FORM. && .MARINE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15KT NORTH AND 5-10KT. SEAS 1-2FT NR SHORE AND 2-3FT OFFSHORE THRU TONIGHT. HIGHER COVERAGE OF OFFSHORE MOVG SHRA/TS NORTH OF XMR. COULD SEE SOME LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS/ROUGH SEAS INVOF ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && CRISTALDI/PENDERGRAST
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1050 AM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-152030- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET 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- 1050 AM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DEEP LAYER MOISTURE SOUTH OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM OSCEOLA AND BREVARD COUNTIES NORTH BY THE AFTERNOON WHILE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL FORM TO THE SOUTH. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A LATE DAY SEA BREEZE TO ENHANCE CONVERGENCE AND THUS STORM COVERAGE ALONG THE EAST COAST...ESPECIALLY FROM BREVARD COUNTY SOUTHWARD. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM STRONGER STORMS TODAY...ALONG WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STORMS MOVING OFF THE COAST FROM THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS OVER THE ATLANTIC. CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES AND ROUGH SEAS WILL ALSO OCCUR NEAR ANY STRONG STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE NEAR PUERTO RICO IS FORECAST BY MODEL GUIDANCE TO MOVE INTO THE BAHAMAS THIS WEEKEND. WHILE IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO SAY FOR CERTAIN WHERE THIS SYSTEM WILL TRACK OR HOW STRONG IT MIGHT BECOME...IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE AND COULD MAKE A CLOSE ENOUGH APPROACH TO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TO CAUSE DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY OR TUESDAY. RESIDENTS AS WELL AS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AND YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MELBOURNE...CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THIS WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. CRISTALDI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 105 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 FLZ053-151745- OSCEOLA- 105 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER LAKE KISSIMMEE...MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE...NEAR LAKE MARIAN AT 140 PM EDT. 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. CRISTALDI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 105 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 FLZ053-151745- OSCEOLA- 105 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE INTO SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 105 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER LAKE KISSIMMEE...MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE...NEAR LAKE MARIAN AT 140 PM EDT. 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. CRISTALDI
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:18 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A fish camp west of Kenansville reported high winds and windows blown out of a porch.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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