Sea breeze thunderstorms produced wind damage in coastal and inland sections of Central Florida.
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The episode as NWS MLB wrote it up.
Sea breeze thunderstorms produced wind damage in coastal and inland 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 30, 1:11 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 211 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 .DISCUSSION... ...A FEW STRONG-SEVERE STORMS THROUGH EVENING AND AGAIN TUE... THROUGH TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE AREA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WITH A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD TONIGHT AND AS IT DOES SO WILL HELP MOVE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA. BOUNDARY WILL LOSE ITS STRENGTH AS IT DOES SO BUT CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLATED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE FAR NORTH (NORTHERN LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES) LATE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE EXPECTING TO REMAIN DRY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TEMPS STILL AROUND NORMAL WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. TUE...MOISTURE IS PROGGED TO REMAIN AT OR ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE AREA IN PRE FRONTAL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE ZONE (1.7-2.0 INCHES PRECIPITABLE WATER). POSITIVE TILTED TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WITH JET ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL PROVIDE LARGE SCALE ASCENT...THEREFORE ANOTHER ACTIVE DAY FOR STORMS IS EXPECTED. SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH SEA BREEZE FORMATION AND POSSIBLY SOME INFLUENCE FROM DIFFERENTIAL HEATING AND/OR OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL ACT AS FOCUSING MECHANISMS. RATHER COOL 500 MB TEMPS AROUND MINUS 9 INSURES THAT SOME STORMS WHICH FORM WILL BE STRONG-SEVERE AGAIN. MOS POPS ARE IN THE 70-80 PERCENT RANGE...SO HAVE BUMPED UP THE POPS IN OUR CURRENT FORECAST. WED...EASTERN CONUS TROUGH WILL LIFT/FILL WITH MID LEVEL RIDGING STARTING TO BUILD FROM THE ATLANTIC BACK ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AND INTO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...BUT THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW UPPER LEVEL TROUGH LINGERING INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND NORTHEAST GULF. THIS OCCURRED WITH THE LAST EASTERN CONUS TROUGH AND RESULTED IN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF HIGH CLOUDS AND NOT A LOT OF REDUCTION IN POPS. THE LATEST GFS CONTINUES WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.7 TO 2.0 INCHES. CURRENT FORECAST SHOWING POPS A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL (50 PERCENT) LOOKS GOOD...AND IS SUPPORTED BY LATEST MOS NUMBERS. THU-SUN (PREVIOUS DISCUSSION)...UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN OVER THE PENINSULA DURING THIS TIME. LOW LEVEL RIDGING WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO SHIFT NORTHWARD. SOME DRIER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE PENINSULA THU NIGHT-SUN ESPECIALLY NEARER THE EAST COAST. STEERING FLOW WEAKENS AND GRADUALLY BECOMES SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY BY THIS WEEKEND WITH DECREASING POP CHANCES AND GREATEST THREATS FOR CONVECTION MOVING FURTHER INTO THE INTERIOR AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY PENETRATES FURTHER INLAND. && .AVIATION...INCREASING SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE BRIEF IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SHOULD THEN SEE A RETURN TO PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS AS CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WINDS DOWN BY MIDNIGHT. && .MARINE...MAIN CONCERN THRU THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WILL BE OFFSHORE MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 TO 10 KNOTS AND SEAS AOB 3 FT. TUE-SAT...SURFACE RIDGE IS PROGGED TO GRADUALLY NUDGE/REBUILD NORTHWARD AS TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD DISSIPATES. THIS SHOULD KEEP WINDS AT OR BELOW 10 KNOTS AND SEAS 3 FEET OR LESS. THE MAIN CONCERNS OF LATE HAVE BEEN THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE WATERS. THE STEERING FLOW THAT HAS BEEN PUSHING STORMS OFFSHORE SHOULD WEAKEN ON WED AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEEK. THERE SHOULD BE LESS CHANCE THAT MAINLAND AFTERNOON STORMS WILL CROSS THE COAST DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 71 86 71 87 / 30 70 30 50 MCO 73 87 72 90 / 30 70 20 50 MLB 72 86 70 87 / 30 70 30 50 VRB 71 88 69 87 / 30 70 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 1128 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-302000- 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- 1128 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AMPLE MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING 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 15 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. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... EXPECT AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE BEACHES TODAY DUE TO A LONG PERIOD SWELL. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. ...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 15 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MAY ADD TO STORM STRENGTH AGAIN ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. WEITLICH/GLITTO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 257 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 FLZ044-301945- NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 257 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY... AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER FRUITLAND PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE LISBON... EMERALDA...AND UMATILLA. 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. BRAGAW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 500 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 FLZ045-053-302145- ORANGE-OSCEOLA- 500 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY... NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER AZALEA PARK. MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE ATTRACTIONS AND CELEBRATION. 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. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN WINTER PARK PINES. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES. KELLY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 501 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 FLZ141-147-302145- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 501 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER OAK HILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL INTERACT WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AS THEY APPROACH THE COAST AND MAY INTENSIFY RAPDILY. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE APOLLO BEACH...MIMS...SCOTTSMOOR...ELDORA. 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. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. BRAGAW
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 531 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 FLZ058-302215- OKEECHOBEE- 531 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL OKEECHOBEE COUNTY... AT 531 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM OVER OKEECHOBEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 11 MPH. 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. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. JP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported a few trees down in the Orlando area.
Lightning ignited a fire that destroyed at a Marine Learning Center in Wabasso.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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