The daily east coast sea breeze pushed inland and produced thunderstorms over coastal and 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 coastal and 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 9, 1:36 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 236 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY-TONIGHT...AS EXPECTED CONVECTION HAS GOTTEN GOING EARLIER AND OVER THE INTERIOR/SOUTH. THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN SPREADING FURTHER INLAND AS THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY PROGRESSES WESTWARD. THERE IS A LOT OF DEBRIS CLOUDINESS ALSO SPREADING WEST AND HAVE NOTED THAT THE CONVECTION ON THE EAST FLANK IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY OR EVEN BACK BUILDING SLIGHTLY. THERE IS LESS ACTIVITY IN THE NORTH BUT IT WILL BE HEATING UP TO THE LOW 90S THERE SO THE SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SHOULD GENERATE SOME STRONG STORMS THERE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW WHICH IS FORECAST TO DRIFT FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA...WILL KEEP A SMALL POP IN OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF AS THERE SHOULD BE SOME LINGERING BOUNDARIES AND POCKETS OF INSTABILITY. TUE...THE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE LIFTING SLOWLY NORTH...SO EXPECT TEMPS ALOFT WILL REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE. MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE SO EXPECT ANOTHER AFTERNOON WITH GOOD COVERAGE. LOW LEVEL WINDS SHOULD BE WEAK SO THIS WILL FAVOR THE INTERIOR ONCE AGAIN...HOWEVER SOME LIGHT SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES TO BE SHOW AT THE STEERING LEVELS...SO COASTAL COUNTIES SHOULD GET A LITTLE MORE COVERAGE THAN TODAY...HOPEFULLY THE PARCHED SECTIONS ALONG AND EAST OF I-95 CAN GET SOME RAINFALL...BUT DONT COUNT ON GETTING ANY BEACHSIDE. TUE NIGHT-WED NIGHT...UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF FLORIDA...INTO THE EASTERN GULF...THEN BACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE AND INTO THE ATLANTIC. AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE ATLANTIC...DEEP LAYER RIDGE RE ESTABLISHES ITSELF OVER THE AREA. RESULTANT SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL DRAW CARIBBEAN MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER THE STATE AND WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 2 INCHES...MAV 30 TO 40 POP LOOKS REASONABLE IN AN ATMOSPHERE LACKING MUCH MID AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT. PREVIOUS EXTENDED... FRI-SAT...SFC HIGH PRES WILL PUSH OFF THE MID ALTC WITH A RETURN TO DRY MID LVL NE FLOW AND SE LOW LVL FLOW AROUND THE ATLC RIDGE. THIS REGIME WOULD SPELL LOWEST POPS FOR THE TREASURE COAST...AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER COVERAGE OVER THE INTERIOR EACH AFTERNOON...STUCK CLOSE TO 30 PCT POP COVERAGE...BELOW CLIMO FOR MID JUNE. SUN-MON...00Z GFS SHOWS A MID LVL S/W TROUGH WILL AFFECT N FL TWD THE END OF THE WEEKEND AS THE MID LVL RIDGE ACROSS THE WRN GULF BREAKS DOWN. THIS SHOULD SPELL POPS RETURNING CLOSER TO CLIMO LVLS AND WILL GO WITH 40 PCT FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS MOISTURE INCREASES AND STEERING FLOW WILL FAVOR STORMS MOVING BACK TWD THE EAST COAST LATE IN THE WKND. && .AVIATION...MAIN PUSH OF CONVECTION ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE I-4 CORRIDOR SHORTLY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR STORMS LINGERING BEHIND THIS BUT WITH MUCH LESS COVERAGE. COASTAL SITES SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS DAYTIME CONVECTION...BUT WITH THE PROXIMITY OF THE UPPER LOW ...SOME SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTH. TUE LOOKS LIKE MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SO EXPECT CONVECTION TO GET GOING ACROSS THE AREA IN THE LATE MORNING AND INCREASE QUICKLY IN THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...THROUGH TUE THE GRADIENT WINDS WILL BE 10 KNOTS OR LESS AND SEAS LESS THAN 3 FEET. EXPECT THAT WITH THE UPPER LOW MEANDERING INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA THAT THERE WILL BE MORE CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH TUE. TUE NIGHT-SAT...LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS DUE TO PROXIMITY OF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE IN THE AREA. WINDS FORECAST TO TURN MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST SATURDAY AS RIDGE AXIS IS PUSHED TO THE SOUTH BY A FRONT MOVING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SEAS 4 FEET OR LESS. && .FIRE WEATHER...INCREASE IN LIGHTNING STORM COVERAGE THROUGH THIS WEEK WITH LESSER MIN RH CONCERNS THROUGH DEEPER MOISTURE RETURN. THOUGH 1-2 HRS OF MIN RHS BETWEEN 40-45% POSSIBLE ACROSS LAKE & WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM STORMS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES WHICH COULD POSE PROBLEMS FOR CONTROL OF EXISTING OR NEW WILDFIRES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 72 87 71 88 / 20 50 30 30 MCO 73 90 73 90 / 20 50 30 40 MLB 72 87 71 87 / 20 50 30 30 VRB 71 88 71 88 / 30 50 30 30 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...LASCODY LONG TERM....WIMMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1119 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-092200- 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- 1119 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A CONTINUED INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED COVERAGE OF LIGHTING STORMS ALONG THE INLAND MOVING SEA BREEZE. THE GREATEST CHANCE WILL BE OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS FROM AROUND LAKE GEORGE TO LAKE APOPKA AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA SHOULD CAUSE A FEW OF THE STORMS TO BECOME STRONG AND PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ...FLOOD IMPACT... THE NATURE OF STORM MOVEMENT AND INTENSITY OF A FEW STORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE INTERIOR. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS. ...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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO HIGHER PROSPECTS FOR LIGHTNING STORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NECESSARY. LASCODY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 227 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 FLZ045-091915- ORANGE- 227 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY... AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM JUST EAST OF ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING WEST AT 6 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STRONG STORM INCLUDE BELLE ISLE AND PINE CASTLE. 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. RL
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:42 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Orlando International Airport reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
The public reported nickel size hail on Clemson Drive.
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: 120670, 120671.