Sea breeze thunderstorm produced hail and wind gusts in coastal parts of East Central Florida.
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Sea breeze thunderstorm produced hail and wind gusts in coastal parts of East 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 Jul 1, 1:03 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 203 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 .DISCUSSION... ...A FEW STRONG-SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED THROUGH EVENING... ...MOISTURE REMAINING HIGH INTO LATE WEEK... THROUGH TONIGHT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS BEGINNING TO BREAK UP A LITTLE OVER THE NORTH WITH TEMPS RISING INTO THE MID 80S SO SHOULD STILL SEE PLENTY OF INSTABILITY IN THIS REGION FOR CONVECTION TO FORM. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY BEFORE SUNSET ESPECIALLY ALONG ECSB. WILL KEEP A PRE-FIRST PERIOD IN THE ZONES FOR THESE STORMS. WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR PRECIPITATION WILL KEEP A 30 POP IN THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION AND THEN STAYING DRY AFTERWORDS. WILL INCLUDE CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS MENTION TO START OUT THE FORECAST WITH CLOUD COVER DECREASING OVER THE NORTH AS MID-UPPER LAYER CLOUD DECK MOVES SOUTH OVERNIGHT. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE AROUND NORMAL WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. WED...EASTERN CONUS TROUGH WILL WEAKEN AND LIFT BUT AT THE UPPER LEVELS...SOUTHERN PORTION IS STILL FORECAST TO LINGER ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF. THE LOW/MID LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE SLOW TO PULL NORTH AND EXPECT MAINLY A LIGHT WIND FLOW REGIME...WITH POSSIBLY SOME STEERING WINDS OUT OF THE WEST IN THE NORTH PART. DEEP MOISTURE IS NOT FORECAST TO CHANGE MUCH AND 500 MB TEMPS SHOULD BE AROUND MINUS 9 DEGREES. THE MODELS SHOW SOME HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE SO CIRRUS SHOULD MODERATE HEATING ENOUGH TO KEEP STORMS FROM INITIATING EARLY. EXPECT THAT CONVECTION WILL FORM ALONG THE SEA BREEZES DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE ACROSS THE INTERIOR. LATEST GFS SHOWS LIKELY POPS IN THE SOUTH AND AROUND 50 PERCENT IN THE NORTH...WHICH IS SIMILAR TO OUR CURRENT FORECAST SO WILL MAKE LITTLE CHANGE. THU...WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF WHILE WEAK LOW LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO LIGHT STEERING FLOW SO HIGHEST POPS SHOULD BE OVER INLAND AREAS. THE GFS CONTINUES WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER OF ABOUT 1.7 TO 1.9 INCHES AND 500 MB TEMPS AROUND MINUS 9 DEGREES SO MOISTURE/INSTABILITY LOOK SIMILAR TO WED. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW QUITE A LOT OF HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE SO CIRRUS MAY MODULATE THE TIMING/LOCATION OF HIGHEST POPS AGAIN. THE 12Z MAV NUMBERS HAVE NUDGED UP SLIGHTLY TO 50-60 PERCENT BUT WILL LEAVE CURRENT 40 (IMMEDIATE COAST) AND 50 INLAND FOR NOW...EXCEPT HAVE GONE WITH 60 POPS OVER THE SOUTH INTERIOR. (PREVIOUS DISCUSSION) INDEPENDENCE DAY...LOW LVL FLOW FINALLY BEGINS TO TRANSITION TO A MORE SE TRAJECTORY WITH DEEP MOISTURE STILL PROGGED ACROSS CENTRAL FL. WILL LOWER POPS TO 35-40 PCT NEAR THE COAST AND 45-50 PCT FOR THE INTERIOR WITH MOST STORMS ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS BY LATE AFTERNOON. SAT-TUE...SFC-MID LVL RIDGE GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS EAST OF THE STATE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH SE/S FLOW AROUND THE RIDGE ACROSS E CENTRAL FL. WILL KEEP POPS CLOSE TO GUID VALUES AROUND 40 PCT THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH MID DAY ACTIVITY DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND TRANSITIONING TWD THE INTERIOR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING EACH DAY. && .AVIATION...PERIODS OF IFR/MVFR WILL OCCUR IN ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. VFR WILL THEN PREVAIL OVERNIGHT AS CONVECTION DIES OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT. && .MARINE...THREAT FOR OFFSHORE MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE AN ISSUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...S/SW WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS AOB 3 FT WILL BE THE PREVAILING CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. WED-SUN...LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW EARLY WED WILL GIVE WAY TO A LIGHT ONSHORE REGIME THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS WEAK ATLANTIC RIDGE NUDGES TO JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. THEREFORE DO NOT SEE ANY WIND/SEA CONCERNS. STEERING FLOW WILL COLLAPSE SO THE CHANCE FOR OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS WILL SUBSIDE. THE GFS DOES SHOW MOISTURE REMAINING QUITE HIGH SO THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS. THE LATEST RUN SHOWS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST SAT IN THE SOUTH AND OVER THE AREA ON SUN...SO WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THIS PANS OUT AND LEADS TO A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN COVERAGE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 69 86 72 87 / 30 50 30 50 MCO 71 89 72 90 / 30 60 30 50 MLB 70 86 72 87 / 30 50 30 50 VRB 69 86 71 87 / 30 50 30 50 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...WEITLICH LONG TERM....LASCODY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1056 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-012000- 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- 1056 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AMPLE MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES FROM SEA BREEZES...LAKE BREEZES AND THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS WILL ALLOW NUMEROUS STORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT WILL BEGIN EARLIER AND HAVE FURTHER INLAND MOVEMENT ALONG THE TREASURE COAST. STORMS WILL INITIATE EARLIER ALONG THE THE SEA BREEZE WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FURTHER NORTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS INTERACTIONS WITH STORMS AND OUTFLOWS FROM THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE OCCUR. SLOW AND ERRATIC STORM MOTION AROUND 5 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET WITH FASTER MOVEMENT NORTH OF THIS AREA AROUND 10 MPH TO THE EAST. SCATTERED STORMS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS AND COIN SIZE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS TO A SAFE LOCATION AT THE FIRST SIGN OF AN APPROACHING OR DEVELOPING STORM. ...FLOOD IMPACT... HEAVY DOWNPOURS OCCURRING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY LEAD TO TEMPORARY PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED A LOT OF RAINFALL. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... BOATERS ON THE NEARSHORE WATERS...ESPECIALLY FROM SEBASTIAN INLET NORTHWARD SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WEST FOR LIGHTNING STORMS MOVING EAST OFF THE MAINLAND AROUND 10 KNOTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS OR GREATER AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. WEITLICH/SEDLOCK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 213 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 FLZ064-011915- MARTIN- 213 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY... AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER PORT SALERNO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE HOBE SOUND BEACH...NORTH RIVER SHORES...STUART...ROCKY POINT AND THE SAINT LUCIE INLET AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. GET TO SAFE HARBOR AT THE FIRST SIGN OF A LIGHTNING STORM THEN SEEK SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED VEHICLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. 67
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 241 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 FLZ047-054-011945- INDIAN RIVER-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 241 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY... EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY... AT 239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MELBOURNE AND PALM BAY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG STORMS INCLUDE PALM BAY...MALABAR AND VALKARIA. THE PRIMARY THREATS 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. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES...DEFINED AS 12 OR MORE CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES PER MINUTE. SEEK SHELTER IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING OR HARD TOPPED AUTOMOBILE. OPEN SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. STATE LAW REQUIRES HEADLIGHTS TO BE TURNED ON WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE. 67
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Penny size hail lasting up to seven minutes was reported in Titusville.
Nickel size hail was reported by a spotter.
The public reported nickel size hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 129056, 129061, 129069.