Strong thunderstorms moved off the Florida peninsula. One storm became minimally severe and produced 60 mph wind gusts at Patrick Air Force Base.
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Strong thunderstorms moved off the Florida peninsula. One storm became minimally severe and produced 60 mph wind gusts at Patrick Air Force Base.
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 8, 1:46 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 246 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT-TONIGHT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ALONG THE I-4 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD WHILE WIDELY SCATTERED ACTIVITY IS NOTED SOUTHWARD. GREATEST CHANCES FOR STRONG STORMS FROM HERE ON OUT WILL BE FROM THE I-4 CORRIDOR SOUTHWARD...AREA THAT HAS NOT BEEN WORKED OVER YET AND HAS RECEIVED A GOOD DEAL OF SURFACE HEATING. AREAS NORTH FROM MID AFTERNOON ON WILL LIKELY SEE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS. ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH AND EVENTUALLY OFFSHORE INTO THE EASTERN ATLANTIC. MAIN THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO SETTLE DOWN AROUND MID EVENING AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE EAST COAST...THOUGH WILL KEEP SCATTERED WORDING OVERNIGHT...NORTH AS DEEPER MOISTURE AND BETTER CONVERGENCE MAY ALLOW FOR SOME CONTINUED ACTIVITY HERE. LOWS OVERNIGHT IN THE 70S. THU...PERSISTENT PATTERN CONTINUES WITH WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED JUST NORTH OF FLORIDA WHILE THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS. WEAKER LOW-LEVEL FLOW FORECAST WHICH MAY ALLOW THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY TO PENETRATE INLAND A BIT SOUTHWARD FROM THE CAPE. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR SHOWER & STORM DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WILL AGAIN TAPER POPS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WITH 70% ALONG THE I-4 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD AND DOWN TO 50% THROUGH OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AND ALONG THE TREASURE COAST. HIGHS AROUND 90 DEGREES TO THE LOWER 90S ON AVERAGE. FRI (PREVIOUS DISCUSSION)...SOME WEAKENING OF THE LOW LEVEL FLOW AND MODEST THINNING OF THE MOISTURE FIELD AS THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS CREEPS NORTH. UPPER TROUGH GRADUALLY GIVES TO MOUNTING INFLUENCE OF UPPER RIDGING THAT BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. POPS WILL BE GREATEST NORTH OF THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS. SAT-TUE (PREVIOUS DISCUSSION)...FORECAST PERIOD TO BE GOVERNED BY SURFACE RIDGE AXIS THAT LOCATES OVERHEAD PROMPTING DIFFERENTIAL STORM MOTION SOUTH/NORTH OF AXIS. WEAK FLOW WILL ALSO ALLOW A RETURN TO LOCAL CIRCULATIONS AND SEAS BREEZES. NEAR CLIMO POPS AND MAX TEMPS. && .AVIATION...TEMPO REDUCTIONS IN NMRS SHRA/SCT TSRA. ANY STORMS THAT FORM WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE W/SW UP TO 30KTS. MOST AREAS VFR AGAIN BY 09/02Z THRU OVERNIGHT. && .MARINE...TONIGHT-THU...SW FLOW CONTINUES WITH SEAS 1-2 FT NEAR SHORE AND 3-4 FT WELL OFFSHORE. WINDS/SEAS LOCALLY HIGHER AROUND OFFSHORE MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO THIS EVENING. FRI THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS AS SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MIGRATES TO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. STILL ABOVE NORMAL CHANCES FOR OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS ON FRI. STEERING FLOW WILL BE WEAKENING OVER THE WEEKEND...SO THERE IS A SMALL PROBABILITY OF STORMS AFFECTING THE INTRACOASTAL SAT BUT BY SUNDAY THE STORMS SHOULD NOT PUSH BACK TO THE COAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 74 90 74 89 / 50 70 30 60 MCO 76 91 74 92 / 40 60 30 60 MLB 73 92 72 90 / 30 60 30 50 VRB 75 92 73 91 / 30 50 20 50 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...SEDLOCK LONG TERM....LASCODY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 453 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-082000- 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- 453 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... PERSISTENT MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALLOW SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP TODAY. A FEW SHOWERS MAY AFFECT NORTHERN SECTIONS THIS MORNING...THEN STORMS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND LINGER INTO THIS EVENING. STEERING FLOW FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST WILL INHIBIT FORMATION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MOST AREAS AND ALLOW STORMS TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST COAST AT 20 MPH. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH WITH STRONGER STORMS. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELL AND HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE BEACHES. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... EASTWARD MOVING STORMS WILL AFFECT THE INLAND LAKES...INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTING AND HEAVY RAIN. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR BEFORE STORMS APPROACH FROM THE WEST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGHER THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN ON THURSDAY. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT NORTHWARD OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND WITH SLOW MOVING SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES GENERATING SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. GLITTO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1110 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 FLZ041-044-141-081600- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 1110 AM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 1105 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG STORMS APPROACHING LAKE GEORGE...ALONG WITH NORTHERN PARTS OF LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS AREAS NORTHWARD FROM LEESBURG AND DELAND AND REACH COASTAL VOLUSIA NEAR ORMOND BEACH BY AROUND MIDDAY. 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. RL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1257 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 FLZ044>046-144-081745- NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 1257 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING LAKE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY... AT 1251 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG STORMS FROM NEAR LEESBURG TO LAKE APOPKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG STORMS INCLUDE WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK...MOUNT PLYMOUTH AND SANFORD. 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. RL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 203 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 FLZ047-147-081845- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 203 PM EDT WED JUL 8 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING BREVARD COUNTY... AT 157 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STORMS OVER NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY NEAR SCOTTSMOOR AND PLAYALINDA BEACH. OTHER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD TO VALKARIA AND GRANT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STRONG STORMS INCLUDE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND MELBOURNE BEACH. 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. RL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
247 PM EDT WED JUL 08 2009
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0241 PM TSTM WND GST MELBOURNE 28.08N 80.61W
07/08/2009 E40 MPH BREVARD FL NWS EMPLOYEE
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MRT/LJThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts to 60 mph recorded at Patrick Air Force Base.
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