The daily east coast sea breeze pushed inland and produced thunderstorms over interior sections of Central Florida.
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The episode as NWS MLB wrote it up.
The daily east coast sea breeze pushed inland and produced thunderstorms over interior sections of 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 Jun 10, 12:28 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 128 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 .DISCUSSION... ...A FEW SEVERE STORMS STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING... ...TRANSITION TO THE WET SEASON LOOKS TO BE UNDERWAY... TONIGHT...WATER VAPOR SATELLITE LOOP WAS SHOWING THAT THE UPPER LOW WAS LIFTING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND A DRY SLOT THAT WAS WRAPPING AROUND IT WAS OVER VOLUSIA COUNTY AND MOVING TO THE NORTH. LIGHT WESTERLY STEERING FLOW BUMPING INTO LIGHT SEA BREEZE WILL RESULT IN AN INITIAL INLAND PUSH TO STORMS THEN A SLOW EAST TO NORTHEAST STORM MOVEMENT BACK TOWARD THE COAST. RADAR LOOP WAS SHOWING THAT THE STRONGER WESTERLY WINDS OVER NORTH LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES WERE EFFECTIVELY PINNING THE SEA BREEZE AND ONGOING CONVECTION TO THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR AND EAST TO THE COAST. 500MB TEMPERATURES IN THE -9 TO -11C RANGE WILL STEEPEN LAPSE RATES RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE STRONGER STORMS. STORMS NEAR THE COAST SOME WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AS THEY ENCOUNTER THE SEA BREEZE AND THE DIFFERENT WIND ENVIRONMENT LOOKING AT STRONG STORMS FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE DINNER HOUR AS SEA BREEZE INDUCED STORMS KICK BOUNDARIES TO INLAND AREAS THAT ARE WELL HEATED...THEN SOME SLIGHT PUSH BACK TO THE COAST IS POSSIBLE. WILL NEED TO USE A PRE FIRST PERIOD TODAY TO COVER THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... WED-THU...UPR LOW PROGD TO BE OVER THE E CENTRAL FL ATLC WATERS WED MORNING AND PULL SE TWD THE BAHAMAS (FROM WHENCE IT CAME) DURING THE DAY ON THU. WEAK LOW LVL FLOW EARLY WED WILL BECOME E/SE IN THE AFTERNOON AIDED BY THE SLOW INLAND PROGRESSION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BRZ BOUNDARY. COOL MID LVL TEMPS AND PWATS FROM 1.7-1.8 WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THE GREATEST COVERAGE OVER THE INTERIOR. SOUTHERLY LOW LVL FLOW THU MORNING WILL BECOME SE IN THE AFTERNOON WITH MOISTURE LVLS SIMILAR TO WED. WILL BUMP UP POPS TO 40 PCT NEAR THE COAST AND NEAR 50 PCT FOR THE INTERIOR. HIGHS BOTH DAYS IN THE UPR 80S TO LWR 90S. FRI-SAT...DEEPER ONSHORE FLOW IS FORECAST BY LATE IN THE WEEK AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD OFF THE MID ATLC COAST. WILL CARRY SLGT CHC ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND LOW END SCATTERED ACROSS THE INTERIOR...THOUGH THIS MAY BE GENEROUS IF MODEL DRYING MATERIALIZES AS PROGD BY 00Z GFS. HIGHS UPR 80S COAST TO LWR 90S INTERIOR. SUN-TUE...LOWERING HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE SE STATES AS MID LVL S/W TROUGH CROSSES GA MONDAY. STILL SOME S-SE FLOW SUNDAY WITH HIGHEST MOISTURE PROGD ACROSS THE NRN PENINSULA. WILL GO WITH 30-40 PCT POPS AND THEN INCREASE TO 40 PCT MON-TUE WITH SOME INCREASE IN PREFRONTAL MOISTURE AND STEERING FLOW RETURNING BACK TWD THE EAST COAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...AFTERNOON MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS 18Z-24Z IN AND NEAR LIGHTNING STORMS. VFR CONDITIONS AREAWIDE AFTER 03Z AS LOW DEBRIS CLOUDS CLEAR OUT. GENERAL AVIATION OPERATORS WILL NEED TO CHECK FOR LOCAL LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING MVFR VISIBILITIES DUE TO SMOKE/FOG MIXTURE NEAR AREAS WHERE THERE ARE SMOLDERING FIRES. && .MARINE...SCATTERED STORMS SHOULD PUSH ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. COVERAGE OF MARINE SHOWERS/STORMS SHOULD BE ABOVE AVERAGE AGAIN WED-THU...AND SOME AFTERNOON STORMS MAY AFFECT THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS ON WED. DRYING IS FORECAST TO WORK IN FROM THE EAST FRI-SUN SO COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS WILL DECREASE. THERE ARE NO WIND/SEA CONCERNS APPARENT THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND WITH WINDS FORECAST TO BE 10 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS 3 FEET OR LESS. THE MAIN CHANGE WILL BE FOR THE AXIS OF THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO SHIFT NORTH OF THE AREA BY LATE THU...CAUSING LIGHT SOUTHWEST/SOUTH FLOW TO BECOME SOUTHEAST/EAST. THE RIDGE AXIS MAY GET PUSHED BACK TO CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE SAT. && .FIRE WEATHER...MIN RH VALUES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 50 PERCENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM STORMS WHICH COULD POSE PROBLEMS FOR CONTROL OF EXISTING OR NEW WILDFIRES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 72 87 72 87 / 30 40 30 40 MCO 72 91 71 90 / 30 50 30 50 MLB 72 88 72 87 / 30 50 30 40 VRB 70 88 73 88 / 30 50 30 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && WIMMER/LASCODY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1117 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-102000- 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- 1117 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL SLOWLY MOVE INLAND AS IT PUSHES AGAINST A LIGHT TO MODERATE LARGE SCALE WESTERLY WIND. EXPECT LIGHTNING STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN PUSH INLAND WITH THE SEA BREEZE THEN BACK TOWARD THE COAST LATE AFTERNOON WITH THE STEERING WINDS ALOFT. AS THE STORMS APPROACH THE COAST SOME OF THEM MAY BECOME STRONG WITH THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LIGHTNING STORMS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE INTERIOR MID TO LATE AFTERNOON MAINLY AS A FUNCTION OF AN ENHANCED WEST COAST SEA BREEZE INTERACTING WITH AN INCREASINGLY MORE UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. STORMS MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH THE LOSS OF DAY TIME HEATING AND THE SEA BREEZE INFLUENCE. ...FLOOD IMPACT... SLOW STORM MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY OF A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STRONGER STORMS MOVING OFF THE MAINLAND MID TO LATE AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY ENTER THE WATERS JUST OFF THE BEACHES. ...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... THOUGH THERE ARE NO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONCERNS...ISOLATED STORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS COULD PRODUCE CONTROL PROBLEMS FOR NEW OR EXISTING WILDFIRES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO HIGHER PROSPECTS FOR LIGHTNING STORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. WIMMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 257 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 FLZ045-046-101930- ORANGE-SEMINOLE- 257 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY... AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER BITHLO...MOVING LITTLE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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. RL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 345 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 FLZ045-046-053-144-102130- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 345 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY...AND WESTERN ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES... AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED CLUSTERS OF INTENSIFYING STORMS NEAR LAKE HARRIS...APOPKA...AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY... BUT WERE DEVELOPING TOWARD THE SOUTH AND WEST. THROUGH 530 PM...STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE COUNTY NEAR CLERMONT AND MASCOTTE...SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY AROUND FERN PARK...GOLDENROD AND OVIEDO...WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY FROM DOWNTOWN ORLANDO WESTWARD TO THE LAKE COUNTY LINE...AND ACROSS OSCEOLA COUNTY AROUND THE KISSIMMEE ATTRACTIONS AREA. 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. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. CRISTALDI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 443 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 FLZ045-102130- ORANGE- 443 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY... AT 435 PM EDT...LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER MAGIC KINGDOM...MOVING EAST AT 7 MPH. SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THIS STORM AS WELL LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHTNING STORM INCLUDE BAY HILL... DOCTOR PHILLIPS...ORLOVISTA AND PLEASURE ISLAND. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING STRIKES... DEFINED AS 12 OR MORE CLOUD TO GROUND STRIKES PER MINUTE. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR HARD TOPPED AUTOMOBILE. OPEN SHELTERS FOUND IN PARKS...ON BEACHES OR GOLF COURSES OFFER NO PROTECTION FROM THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. STAY AWAY FROM TREES. LIGHTNING IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER RELATED KILLER IN FLORIDA. VISITORS TO THE ORLANDO THEME PARKS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM RIDES AS SOON AS THUNDER IS HEARD. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF PARK STAFF. BRAGAW
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:01 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning sparked four house fires in southeast Orange County. The fires were in Waterview Townhomes and the Meadow Woods neighborhood. A fireman was injured when he fell through the roof of a burning house.
The Kissimmee Police Department reported a large tree down on Michigan Road in Kissimmee.
Two storage sheds were destroyed on Narcoossee Road in St. Cloud.
Local television media reported damage to a restaurant roof in St. Cloud.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 2008
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: 120744, 120685, 120688, 120693.