Lightning associated with an early morning thunderstorm hit a home in Ocoee. The lightning strikes started a fire which destroyed the home.
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Lightning associated with an early morning thunderstorm hit a home in Ocoee. The lightning strikes started a fire which 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 Jan 20, 9:11 PM EST, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 911 PM EST THU JAN 20 2011 .DISCUSSION... TONIGHT...PRE FRONTAL TROUGH HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS EVENING...THIS IS LIKELY A RESULT OF THE AREA COMING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE ASCENT WITH THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF THE 130KT JET ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND MID ATLANTIC. PRECIP HAS ALREADY PUSHED INTO THE PENINSULA FROM THE WEST COAST WITH LIGHT RAIN REACHING INTO THE FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTY. 00Z SOUNDING FROM THE CAPE SHOWS THAT MOISTURE HAS INCREASED TO 1.26" OVER THIS MORNING'S 0.70" AND WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S FROM BREVARD SOUTHWARDS...THERE APPEARS TO BE JUST ENOUGH LINGERING SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY FOR SOME OF THE TSTMS OVER THE GULF TO REACH INTO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA LATER TONIGHT. BULK OF PRECIP LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AROUND AND JUST AFTER DAYBREAK AS THE ACTUAL FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE PENINSULA. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS AND WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT TRENDS WITH DEVELOPMENT OVER THE GULF. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN MILD AND HUMID IN THE MID-UPPER 60S WITH A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE TREASURE COAST PERHAPS REMAINING NEAR 70 OVERNIGHT. FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... FRIDAY...AS THE SRN H25 JET LIFTS PUSHES OFF THE MID ATLC COAST...A BROAD SFC/LOW LVL TROF OVER THE DEEP SOUTH/MID ATLC WILL COALESCE INTO A CLOSED LOW AS IT MOVES OFF THE CAROLINA COAST. THE RESULTING INCREASING IN LOW LVL TORQUE WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG WRLY MID LVL FLOW OVER THE SRN TIER STATES TO PUSH THE FRONT INTO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA BY SUNSET. DEEP MOISTURE WITHIN THE TROF WHICH WILL BE REINFORCED BY MODERATE TO HIGH DLM MOISTURE AS IT MOVES THRU THE GOMEX. NMRS/WDSPRD SHRAS AREAWIDE AFT SUNRISE. DYNAMIC LIFT DOES WITH THE SYSTEM IS NOT STRONG...AND THE MID LVL TROF IS SHOWING NO SIGN OF DEEPENING INTO A CLOSED SYSTEM. STILL...THE AREA WILL INCREASINGLY FALL UNDER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPR LVL DIVERGENCE FROM THE SRN JET. ALSO...SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE L/M60S AND LOW LVL CONVERGENCE NEAR THE FRONTAL BNDRY...WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LOW LVL INSTABILITY TO KEEP THE MENTION OF TSRAS IN THE FCST. MAX TEMP SPREAD WILL BE LARGER THAN AVG DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE PRECIP/COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE NW N OF I-4 SHORTLY AFT DAYBREAK...WHILE W/SW WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MID AFTN AROUND THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGIONS. FURTHERMORE...THE EARLIER ONSET/LONGER PRECIP DURATION OVER THE N WILL SUPPRESS MAX TEMPS AS WELL...M/U60S N OF I-4...M/U70S TREASURE COAST/LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. && .AVIATION... THRU 21/05Z...PREVAILING VFR WITH CIGS AOA FL040. -RA NORTH OF KLEE-KDAB MAY LEAD TO OCCASIONAL MVFR CONDITIONS. 21/05Z-21/08Z... CIGS BCMG IFR NORTH OF KMLB-KISM...AREAS MVFR VSBYS IN BR...SFC WNDS SW AOB 10KTS...SCT SHRAS/ISOLD TSRAS BECOMING NMRS AROUND 08Z NORTH OF SAME LINE. AFTER 08Z...FRONTAL PASSAGE MOVING THROUGH AREA WITH SW WINDS BECOMING NW BEHIND FRONT. NMRS SHRA/ISOLD-SCT TSRA AHEAD AND ALONG FRONT WITH MVFR CIGS AND -RA LINGERING BEHIND. FRONT EXPECTED TO CLEAR KDAB AROUND 12Z...ORLANDO METRO AROUND 15Z AND KMLB BY 18Z. && .MARINE... TONIGHT/FRIDAY...STORM SYSTEM MOVING THRU THE MS RIVER VALLEY WILL PUSH INTO THE FL PENINSULA OVERNIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE FL PENINSULA. SFC/BNDRY LYR WINDS WILL VEER FROM S/SW TO N/NW BEHIND FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE WATERS EARLY FRI MORNING...INCREASING TO 10-15KTS NEARSHORE...15-20KTS OFFSHORE AROUND DAYBREAK. SEAS WILL REMAIN AROUND 3FT NEARSHORE AND 5FT OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL INCREASE TO 3-4FT NEARSHORE AND 5-6FT OFFSHORE BY MIDDAY FRI...SCA CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVER THE GULFSTREAM AS WINDS SHIFT THRU DUE NORTH. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && MOSES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 728 PM EST THU JAN 20 2011 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-211000- 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- 728 PM EST THU JAN 20 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SHOWER CHANCES WILL INCREASE OVER NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT... ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD DAYBREAK FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND MAY CONTAIN STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STORMS MOVING EASTWARD FROM THE MAINLAND OVER THE COASTAL ATLANTIC WATERS LATE TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY FROM PORT CANAVERAL NORTHWARD. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE VENTURING WELL OFFSHORE LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE BEFORE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. NORTHERLY FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL ELEVATE SEAS OVER THE ATLANTIC AND BRING AN INCREASED FIRE WEATHER CONCERN THIS WEEKEND. ANOTHER WEAK LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO LATE SUNDAY AND MOVE QUICKLY EAST BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. 15/44
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strike to a 4000 square foot home started a fire which destroyed the home.
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