A funnel cloud was observed by Cocoa Beach Police for three minutes over 4th street in Cocoa Beach, moving northwest.
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A funnel cloud was observed by Cocoa Beach Police for three minutes over 4th street in Cocoa Beach, moving northwest.
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, 8:35 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 935 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2009 .DISCUSSION... ...DRIER AIRMASS WILL LIMIT STORM COVERAGE TODAY... TODAY...SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL DRYING HAS OVERSPREAD ALL OF EC FLORIDA AS BOUNDARY AND MOISTURE HAS BEEN PUSHED SOUTH OVER THE FL STRAITS. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CAROLINAS WILL BRING CONTINUING ONSHORE E-NW THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY. DRY AIR AND SUBSIDENCE WILL LIMIT RAIN CHANCES TO SOUTH AND WEST OF THE ORLANDO METRO...WITH LITTLE MENTION OF SHOWERS/TSTMS NORTH AND EAST. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE WITH A CONVERGENT BAND OF CLOUDS OVER THE WATERS THAT MAY BRING A BRIEF SHOWERS TO THE IMMEDIATE COAST FIRST THING THIS MORNING. WILL UPDATE THE FORECAST TO INCLUDE A MENTION OF DRIZZLE/LIGHT SHOWER ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH LATE MORNING. MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE INTERIOR...IN THE MID 90S...BUT EARLY ONSET OF SEA BREEZE WILL KEEP IMMEDIATE COASTAL SECTIONS TO THE UPPER 80S. && .AVIATION...LCL IFR/MVFR CIGS AND MVFR VSBYS IN BR FOR INTERIOR SECTIONS THROUGH 14Z. E/NW FLOW WILL BRING OCCASIONAL CIGS 020-040 TO THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL SITES. OTHERWISE...PREVAILING VFR EXPECTED. && .MARINE...E/NE FLOW TODAY AROUND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CAROLINAS. NEAR SHORE WINDS NEAR SHORE WILL BE REINFORCED BY A 10-12 KNOT SEA BREEZE THIS AFTN. SEAS 1-2 FT NEARSHORE AND UP TO 3 FEET OFFSHORE. A SMALL BUT LONGER PERIOD EAST SWELL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MAY BE POSSIBLE FIRST THING THIS MORNING IN DEVELOPING CONVERGENT CLOUD BANDS. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && MOSES/BRAGAW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 428 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2009 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- 428 AM EDT WED JUN 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DRIER AIR WILL LIMIT THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF STORMS TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE WILL OCCUR SOUTH AND WEST OF ORLANDO...IN PARTICULAR OVER OKEECHOBEE AND INTERIOR MARTIN COUNTIES WHERE MOISTURE IS A LITTLE HIGHER. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. INDIVIDUAL CELL MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. CLUSTERS OF MULTI CELL CONVECTION WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A SMALL BUT LONGER PERIOD EAST SWELL WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED COVERAGE OF LIGHTNING STORMS EACH AFTERNOON. DEVELOPING OFFSHORE FLOW THIS WEEKEND WILL FAVOR THE EAST SIDE OF THE PENINSULA FOR STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. KELLY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:58 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud was observed by Cocoa Beach Police for three minutes over 4th street in Cocoa Beach, moving northwest. The funnel formed along a cloud boundary extending inland from the coastal waters.
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