Sea breeze thunderstorms moved well inland producing hail and wind damage.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MLB wrote it up.
Sea breeze thunderstorms moved well inland producing hail and wind damage.
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 24, 1:58 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 258 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 .DISCUSSION... THRU TONIGHT... SLOWER START TO CONVECTION TODAY AS AREA IS SOMEWHAT SUPPRESSED FROM NVA ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS. THERE IS ALSO THE LARGE SWATH OF CIRROSTRATUS CLOUDS WHICH IS LIKELY HAVING A SLIGHT IMPACT ON HEATING BUT MAX TEMPS MANAGING TO REACH LOWER 90S INTERIOR NONETHELESS. THE 15Z CAPE SOUNDING CONTINUES TO INDICATE QUITE AN UNSTABLE AND BUOYANT ATMOSPHERE WITH RATHER STEEP MID LAPSE RATE AND H5 TEMP OF -9C. CAPE VALUES NEAR 4000 J/KG. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN STORM COVERAGE THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOCUSING ON INTERIOR SECTIONS. ALTHOUGH COVERAGE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HIGH AS RECENT DAYS...A FEW STORMS ARE LIKELY TO BECOME STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...STEERING FLOW IS COLLAPSING SO SLOWER AND MORE ERRATIC STORM MOTION CAN BE EXPECTED WITH OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. WED-THU... H100-H70 RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE NRN GOMEX TO THE GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH TO THE ERN SEABOARD BY 12Z WED AND BRIDGE THE WEAK FRONTAL TROF DRAPED OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. THE ATLC SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS WILL RESPOND BY LIFTING N TO MERGE WITH THE CONTINENTAL RIDGE... ALLOWING THE H100-H70 STEERING FLOW TO SHIFT TO THE SE. MID/UPR LVL MOISTURE THAT HAS POOLED WITHIN THE TROF WILL REMAIN TRAPPED OVER THE FL PENINSULA AS THE TWO RIDGES SQUEEZE TOGETHER. MEANWHILE...A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING THE WINDWARD PASSAGE IS EMBEDDED WITHIN A STEADY TRADE WIND FLOW ON THE BASE OF THE ATLC RIDGE. THIS WAVE WILL REACH THE FL PENINSULA BY DAYBREAK WED AND MERGE WITH AFOREMENTIONED MID/UPR LVL MOISTURE BAND...EFFECTIVELY SATURATING THE AIRMASS OVER THE STATE. WITH THE AIR SATURATED...WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS AREAWIDE WED...SPLITTING 60% OVER THE NRN CWA AND 70% OVER THE SRN HALF. HOWEVER...AS HIGH MOISTURE ALSO TENDS TO LIMIT TSRA ACTIVITY...WILL GO WITH THE NMRS SHRA/SCT TSRA WORDING. HIGH MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE INTO THU...THOUGH BY THEN THE AXIS OF THE T-WAVE SHOULD DAMPEN OUT ENOUGH TO DIMINISH ITS DIRECT INFLUENCE ON THE LCL WX PATTERN. FURTHERMORE...THE TWO RIDGE AXES WILL HAVE MERGED COMPLETELY BY DAYBREAK THU...WITH THE NEW AXIS LOCATED OVER THE N HALF OF THE PENINSULA. THIS WILL GENERATE A MORE S/SERLY FLOW OVER THE SRN HALF OF THE PENINSULA...AND A S/SWRLY FLOW OVER THE NRN HALF. EARLIER SEABREEZE FORMATION OVER THE SRN PENINSULA SHOULD RESULT...WHILE THE OVERALL STEERING FLOW WOULD CARRY ANY CONVECTION TO THE N. SCT POPS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SRN CWA...LIKELY OVER THE N. FRI-MON...(PREVIOUS DISCUSSION) FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PUSHES SURFACE RIDGE SOUTH FAR ENOUGH FOR A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT TO THE WIND. DO NOT SEE MUCH IMPACT EXCEPT FOR OVERNIGHT/MORNING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS FROM CAPE CANAVERAL NORTH. && .AVIATION... MOSTLY VFR BUT WDLY SCT TSRA EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MAINLY OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS. ALTHOUGH LOWER COVERAGE THAN RECENT DAYS...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING CONVECTIVE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS AND HAIL UNTIL 00Z. && .MARINE... AS LOW LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE WATERS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS ALONG THE TREASURE COAST. IF ANY STORMS ARE ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE MAINLAND...IT WOULD HAVE TO BE NORTH OF CANAVERAL BUT EVEN THIS IS LESS LIKELY THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE 10 KNOTS OR LESS WITH SEAS 1-2 FEET OVERNIGHT. WED-SAT...SUBTROPICAL RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT NORTH OF THE CENTRAL PENINSULA ON WED...ALLOWING S/SE FLOW TO DEVELOP AND REMAIN INTO THE WEEKEND. T-WAVE MOVING THRU THE AREA WILL GENERATE NMRS SHRAS/SCT TSRAS WED AND SCT TSRAS ON THU. INCREASING SWELL WITH THE T-WAVE PASSAGE WILL ALLOW OFFSHORE SEAS TO BUILD TO 2-4FT WED NIGHT...THEN 3-5FT ON THU BEFORE DROPPING BACK TO 2-4FT ON FRI. SEAS WILL REMAIN 2-4FT NEARSHORE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 72 89 74 87 / 10 70 40 60 MCO 72 90 73 91 / 20 70 40 60 MLB 74 88 75 88 / 10 70 30 40 VRB 73 87 75 87 / 10 70 30 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...KELLY LONG TERM....BRAGAW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1135 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-242200- 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- 1135 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL NUDGE NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA AND CAUSE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO WEAKEN TODAY. THEREFORE...SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FOCUS MORE ACROSS INTERIOR AREAS AS THE SEA BREEZE MOVES INLAND MORE QUICKLY AND NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES COLLIDE LATE IN THE DAY INTO EARLY EVENING. COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO ISOLATED STRONG STORMS...WITH LIGHTNING BEING THE GREATEST THREAT. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ...FLOOD IMPACT... SLOWER STORM MOVEMENT TODAY SHOULD YIELD A FEW MORE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WHICH WOULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS...MAINLY ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A FEW STORMS THAT FORM OVER THE MAINLAND TODAY MAY PUSH OFFSHORE THE VOLUSIA AND NORTH BREVARD COASTS. FREQUENT LIGHTING AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS MAY OCCUR OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN AND INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL ELEVATE THE RISK OF LIGHTNING STORMS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE RETURN OF DEEP EASTERLY FLOW WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON LIGHTNING STORMS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. KELLY/LASCODY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 326 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 FLZ144-241945- SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 326 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MASCOTTE... AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER MASCOTTE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE GROVELAND AND CLERMONT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...WHICH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MRV
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:27 UTC.
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake County Emergency Management reported trees down on Main Street.
The public reported nickel size hail in Osteen.
Penny size hail was reported at the intersection of East Colonial Drive and Goldenrod Road.
Saint Cloud Police reported penny size hail on Seamens Road.
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: 121293, 121279, 121284, 121286.