Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern and central Brevard County, producing funnel clouds.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern and central Brevard County, producing funnel clouds.
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, 9:10 AM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1010 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 .DISCUSSION... LCL AIRMASS HAS MOISTENED RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST 24HRS WITH THE 12Z RAOBS MEASURING PW VALUES ARND 2.0" ACRS CENTRAL FL. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES HAS PULLED A WEAK TROF INTO THE DEEP SOUTH THAT HAS NUDGED THE ATLC RIDGE AXIS INTO THE S PENINSULA. THE RESULTING SRLY H85-H50 STEERING FLOW REMAINS QUITE WEAK ACRS MUCH OF THE STATE...BLO 10KTS. STRONGER FLOW OVER N FL DUE TO INTERACTION BTWN THE TROF AND THE RIDGE...THIS MAY WORK ITS WAY INTO THE NRN HALF OF THE CWA AS THE TROF PUSHES E THIS AFTN. RUC80 ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK MID LVL THERMAL CAP WITH H70 TEMPS BTWN 8-9C. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE HIGH MOISTURE AND THE ANTICIPATED SEA BREEZE FORMATION BY EARLY AFTN...THIS FEATURE WILL ONLY SUPPRESS THE AIRMASS LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW SFC TEMPS TO REACH THEIR CONVECTIVE TRIGGERS. SVR WX POTENTIAL WILL BE LOW WITH H50 TEMPS ABV -8C AND MINIMAL MID LVL VORTICITY...THOUGH ENHANCED UPR LVL DIVERGENCE WILL GENERATE SOME STRONG TSRAS. MORNING UPDATE: WILL NUDGE POPS UP TO 60PCT INTERIOR ZONES FROM OSCEOLA NWD...ALSO FOR NRN BREVARD/COASTAL VOLUSIA TO ACCOUNT FOR INCREASING MID LVL SWRLY FLOW. && .AVIATION... THRU 24/18Z OCNL CIGS BTWN FL030-040...ISOLD MVFR SHRAS...COASTAL SITES SFC WNDSHFT FM S TO E/SE WITH THE FORMATION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. BTWN 24/18Z-24/22Z...SCT MVFR SHRAS/ISOLD IFR TSRAS. BTWN 24/22Z-25/02Z...TEMPO SCT/NMRS TSRAS...ACTIVITY WILL DRIFT BACK TOWARD THE EAST COAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...DIMINISHING BY ARND 25/04Z. && .MARINE... SFC/BNDRY LYR WNDS WILL SHIFT FM SSW 5-10KTS TO E/SE 10-15KTS NEAR THE COAST THIS AFTN AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FORMS AND PUSHES INLAND. SEAS GENERALLY 2-3FT...AREAS UP TO 4FT WELL OFFSHORE OVER GULF STREAM. PRIMARY BOATING HAZARD WILL BE OFFSHORE MOVING TSRAS... ESP LATE AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/AVIATION...BRAGAW LONG TERM/IMPACT WX...GUSEMAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1100 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 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- 1100 AM EDT FRI JUN 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS WILL ALLOW SEA BREEZES TO DRIFT INLAND FROM BOTH COASTS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE STORM COVERAGE INCREASES IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE SEA BREEZES DRIFT INLAND. STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND EXTEND BACK TO THE EAST COAST THIS EVENING. STORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS NEAR 35 KNOTS ON INTERIOR LAKES THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL MOVE BACK ACROSS THE EAST COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR AFTERNOON SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR DAILY THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. GLITTO/GUSEMAN
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 UTC.
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A Brevard County Fire Rescue official observed a funnel cloud west of mile marker 202 on Interstate 95, west of Cocoa.
A citizen reported a funnel cloud near the intersection of Highway 528 and Interstate 95 in Cocoa.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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