A fast developing storm just north of Windermere moved slowly south and produced frequent to excessive cloud to ground lightning. Lightning struck a home and the subsequent fire destroyed the home.
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A fast developing storm just north of Windermere moved slowly south and produced frequent to excessive cloud to ground lightning. Lightning struck a home and the subsequent fire destroyed the home.
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 Sep 11, 2:07 PM EST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 307 PM EDT SAT SEP 11 2010 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY/TONIGHT...ECSB WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH INLAND...PRODUCING MAINLY ISO SHRAS/TSRAS THROUGH THE AFT. SEA BREEZE COLLISION STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE AFT/TOWARDS SUNSET AROUND LAKE/FAR WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY WITH MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION DEVELOPING AND LINGERING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. OTHERWISE MOST OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY INTO TONIGHT WITH SKIES EVENTUALLY CLEARING OUT AND TEMPS FALLING INTO THE LOW/MID 70S. MAY SEE SHALLOW GROUND FOG DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN TOWARDS SUNRISE...BUT NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT A MENTION IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. SUNDAY...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD WESTWARD AS A COLD FRONT WORKS ITS WAY SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN CONUS. OTHERWISE NOT MUCH TO CHANGE TOMORROW AS WEAK LOW LEVEL FLOW AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS ALOFT PERSIST. MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWER AND STORM COVERAGE EXPECTED ALONG THE INLAND MOVING ECSB THROUGH THE EARLY AFT WITH BEST RAIN CHANCES OCCURRING WITH COLLISIONS BTW THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE/ECSB BY MID AFTERNOON AND WC/ECSB TOWARDS LAKE COUNTY IN THE LATE AFT/NEAR SUNSET. HIGH IN THE AFT WILL REACH UP TO THE LOW 90S ALONG THE COAST AND MID 90S INLAND. MONDAY...BEHIND A WEAK AND DYING FRONT, HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH WITH A VORT MIN PUSHING INTO PENINSULAR FLORIDA BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THIS WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES DOWN ACROSS THE CWA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF ORANGE COUNTY SEEING A SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE OF RAIN. THE LACK OF RAIN WILL BUMP TEMPS UP SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TO THE MID 90S ACROSS THE INTERIOR SECTIONS WITH CLOSER TO 90 ALONG THE COAST. (PREVIOUS DISCUSSION) TUE-SAT...BOTH 00Z RUNS OF THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOWED HIGH PRESSURE INITIALLY CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST MOVING INTO THE ATLANTIC RESULTING IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF ONSHORE...EASTERLY...WINDS. THE EASTERLY FLOW SHOULD HELP KEEP AFTERNOON HIGHS IN CHECK AS THEY ARE FORECAST TO MAX OUT AROUND 90 WHICH WOULD BE CLOSE TO CLIMO WHILE KEEPING OVERNIGHT LOWS AT THE COAST A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THEIR CLIMO LOWER 70S. && .AVIATION...MAINLY VFR. INLAND MOVING ECSB WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE ISO SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE AFT WITH PERHAPS MORE SCT ACTIVITY WITH THE COLLISION OF THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES. THIS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR NEAR KLEE AROUND 22Z-24Z WITH ANY LINGERING PRECIP ENDING BY 02Z. TEMPO IFR/MVFR CONDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY. ALSO...MAY SEE SOME PATCHY GROUND FOG DEVELOP TOWARDS SUNRISE AND CREATE BRIEF MVFR CONDS BUT WILL LEAVE MENTION OUT OF TAFS ATTM. && .MARINE... TONIGHT-SUN...RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS GENERALLY 1-2FT WILL CONTINUE FAVORABLE BOATING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. MON-THURS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AN ISOLATED POSSIBILITY OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS MAINLY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ONCE IT CLEARS THROUGH, NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER FOR BOATERS. WINDS WILL BE SHIFTING ONSHORE MONDAY AND BEYOND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. (PREVIOUS DISCUSSION)...WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS OR LESS WITH SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET OR LESS THROUGH MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WINDS REACH 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND OFFSHORE SEAS REACH 6 FEET LATE NEXT WEEK BUT THAT IS BEYOND THIS FORECAST CYCLE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 74 92 76 91 / 10 20 20 20 MCO 75 94 75 93 / 10 30 20 20 MLB 75 90 75 90 / 10 20 20 30 VRB 74 91 74 91 / 10 20 20 30 LEE 75 94 76 94 / 20 30 20 20 SFB 75 94 76 93 / 10 30 20 20 ORL 76 94 77 93 / 10 30 20 20 FPR 74 90 73 90 / 10 20 20 30 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...WEITLICH LONG TERM....JORDAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1052 AM EDT SAT SEP 11 2010 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-120300- 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- 1052 AM EDT SAT SEP 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... RELATIVELY WEAK LOW LEVEL WINDS AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW SEA BREEZES TO FORM ALONG BOTH THE WEST AND EAST COASTS OF THE CENTRAL PENINSULA BY MIDDAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS WILL BEGIN TO FORM AS THESE BOUNDARIES DRIFT INLAND...WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE FAR INTERIOR SECTIONS FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON AS THE BOUNDARIES INTERACT AND ADDITIONALLY PRODUCE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE MAIN THREAT TODAY WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES... ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE PENINSULA. BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR ASSOCIATED WITH JUST A FEW STRONG STORMS. AGAIN...THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE FROM LATE AFTERNOON UNTIL SUNSET. IN SHORT...CONDITIONS WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL COVERAGE. ...FLOOD IMPACT... THE SLOW STORM MOTION MAY ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE RAIN AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR INTERIOR SECTIONS. LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL BE PRONE TO TEMPORARY PONDING. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A SMALL LONG PERIOD SWELL AND CUTS IN THE NEAR SHORE SAND BARS FROM THE LARGE SWELLS LAST WEEKEND WILL MAINTAIN AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. THE RISK WILL BE HIGHEST FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE. CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS ON CONDITIONS WHEN ARRIVING AT THE BEACH. IF ENTERING THE WATER...ALWAYS STAY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN NEAR OR NORTH OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...RESULTING THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MOVING INLAND EACH AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. PG/DS
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:36 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning from a strong storm over Windermere struck a home and caused a fire which destroyed the home. Two firemen were treated for smoke inhalation while fighting the fire.
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