A couple of storms caused severe winds as they pushed across the Space Coast and moved offshore ahead of an upper level trough.
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The episode as NWS MLB wrote it up.
A couple of storms caused severe winds as they pushed across the Space Coast and moved offshore ahead of an upper level trough.
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 Aug 28, 7:42 AM EST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 842 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER DIFFICULT FORECAST IN TERMS OF RAIN CHANCES TODAY. THERE IS A WEAK REFLECTION OF A SURFACE FRONT EXTENDING OVER NORTH FLORIDA WHICH IS BEST OBSERVED IN THE CHANGE IN DEWPOINTS FROM 64 IN TALLAHASSEE TO VALUES IN THE LOW/MID 70S FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST THIS MORNING. CONVECTION IS ALREADY FORMING JUST AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF AND MOVING ONSHORE ACROSS TAMPA. WHILE IT CONTINUES TO BE DRY ALOFT... MOISTURE IN THE LOW LEVELS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...AND A WEAK U/L JET SHOULD HELP SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS INTO TODAY. MOS GUIDANCE POPS SEEM TOO LOW AND HAVE THEREFORE INCREASED RAIN CHANCES SLIGHTLY. ENVIRONMENT IS STILL FAVORABLE FOR STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP INTO THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER HOT AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED BEFORE CONVECTION INCREASES LATER TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID/UPPER 90S AND HEAT INDEX VALUES RANGING FROM 102 TO 107. ELEVATED WESTERLY FLOW WILL PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY ONCE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...SO EVEN ALONG THE COAST HIGHS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL. WHILE LINGERING SWELLS CONTINUE TO DECREASE TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES...THE THREAT FOR STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL EXIST. && .AVIATION...DESPITE DRY AIR ALOFT SHOULD STILL SEE ISO/SCT SHRA/TSRA DEVELOP INTO THE AFT AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUES AROUND 15 KTS AND WILL ONCE AGAIN PREVENT SEA BREEZE FROM DEVELOPING. TEMPO IFR/MVFR CONDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY CONVECTION TODAY. && .MARINE...WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE AROUND 2-3 FT OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS AND 3-5 FT OFFSHORE LEGS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 15 KTS. THE THREAT FOR STRONG OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. && .CLIMATE...A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES WAS SET AT VERO BEACH YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 94 SET IN 1995. WITH MAXES IN THE MID 90S EXPECTED TODAY, A RECORD HIGH OR TWO MAY AGAIN BE IN JEOPARDY. HERE ARE THE RECORD HIGHS FOR AUGUST 28: LOCATION MAX YEAR DAYTONA BEACH 95 1965 ORLANDO 99 1903 MELBOURNE 97 1938 VERO BEACH 94 1982, 1995, 2009 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && WEITLICH/LASCODY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1147 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-282300- 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- 1147 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES AHEAD OF A WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH OVER NORTH FLORIDA. DAYTIME HEATING WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. THE GREATEST CHANCES SHOULD BE IN A BAND ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA...INCLUDING METRO ORLANDO. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF DRIER AIR ALOFT...SOME STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH. .EXCESSIVE HEAT IMPACT... TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID 90S COUPLED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES OF 102 TO 107 THIS AFTERNOON. WHEN OUTDOORS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME...REMEMBER TO KEEP HYDRATED AND TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS FROM THE HEAT. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A LINGERING SWELL...COUPLED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CHANNELS IN THE SANDBARS AND AN APPROACHING NEW MOON...WILL BRING A MODERATE RIP CURRENT DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. TWO DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE SURF ZONE AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC BEACHES ON SATURDAY. IF YOU HEAD TO THE BEACH...CHECK CONDITIONS WITH LIFEGUARDS BEFORE ENTERING THE SURF. DO NOT SWIM IN AREAS WHERE NO LIFEGUARD IS ON DUTY. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STORMS WILL MOVE EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH ACROSS THE MAINLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NEARSHORE ATLANTIC. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE EARLY IN THE WEEK. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR RADAR TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. GLITTO/LASCODY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1111 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
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0445 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NNW PORT SAINT LUCIE 27.34N 80.37W
08/27/2011 ST. LUCIE FL NWS EMPLOYEE
TREE DAMAGE.
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JRCThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:48 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
U.S. Air Force Wind Tower 1007 measured a 58 mph wind gust as a thunderstorm moved across the intracoastal waters and into the Atlantic near the Kennedy Space Center.
A wind tower at the Kennedy Space Center recorded a wind gust of 63 mph as a severe thunderstorm moved across the barrier island before pushing offshore.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 2011
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: 328045, 328047.