An isolated funnel cloud developed under an easterly flow regime along US Highway 1 in White City.
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An isolated funnel cloud developed under an easterly flow regime along US Highway 1 in White City.
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 8, 6:58 AM EST, 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 758 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 .DISCUSSION... UPDATE...A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUE TO PUSH ONSHORE THE TREASURE COAST THIS MORNING. LATEST MESO MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE PRECIP CHANCES WILL BE CONFINED TO SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF EC FL TODAY. EASTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME A LITTLE BREEZY...ESP NEAR THE EAST COAST LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NO SIG CHANGES NEEDED TO ZONES/GRIDS OR CWF...WILL KEEP CAUTION HEADLINES FOR SOUTHERN TWO OFFSHORE WATER LEGS WITH MORNING UPDATE. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... TODAY...ATLC HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS CENTERED EAST OF THE CAROLINAS WITH ASCD SUBSIDENCE KEEPING MAINY DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS OVER MOST OF THE ECFL AREA. A MORE COMPLEX PATTERN HWVR WL EVOLVE DUE TO A WEAK UPR LOW OVER THE GULF DRIFTING EWD. FEATURE EVIDENT ON WV IMAGERY WL ACT TO BREAK INFLUENCE OF STUBBORN UPR RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN ACROSS REGION FOR MANY DAYS...HWVR PRESENCE OF DRY AIR WL LIMIT RAINFALL POTENTIAL TODAY. BEST CHC WL BE ACROSS TREASURE COAST/LAKE OKEE WHERE SFC TROUGH AND HIGHER MOISTURE PRODUCE MENTIONABLE RAIN CHC IN ONSHORE FLOW DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTN. ISOLD STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SAME AREA BY AFTN. TONIGHT...ISOLD MARINE SOURCE SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL CO'S AND TO A LIMITED DEGREE INLAND. RAIN CHC NO GREATER THAN 20 PERCENT ATTM WITH A MILD AND PARTLY CLOUDY NIGHT EXPECT TIME LOWS IN THE 70S. THUR-FRI...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS NORTH OF FLORIDA INTO LATE WEEK WITH A LOW LEVEL EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA. MODELS SHOW A WEAK DISTURBANCE BUILDING NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA THURSDAY ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF A BROAD LOW PRESSURE AREA ALOFT. MOISTURE LOOKS LIMITED TO THE LOW LEVELS...HOWEVER THIS DISTURBANCE MAY BE ABLE TO AID IN CONVECTION LATER IN THE DAY. WILL THEREFORE KEEP ISOLATED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM WORDING IN FOR THURS AFT. THE FORECAST FOR FRI IS MORE UNCERTAIN AS MODELS SHOW A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF CARIBBEAN. THE ECMWF AND NAM HAVE THIS SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHWARD CLOSE TO THE EAST COAST OF FL...WHILE THE GFS IS MUCH FARTHER EAST. THE NAM SOLUTION HOWEVER LOOKS TOO STRONG WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH A FAVORED PREFERENCE IN TRACK AND STRENGTH BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF. MOISTURE SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE AREA AS SYSTEM BUILDS NORTHWARD WITH POPS UP TO 30% OVER THE INTERIOR WHERE AFTERNOON SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS FAVORED WITH EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER IF THE LOW LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TRACK CLOSER TO FLORIDA...AS IN THE ECMWF SOLUTION...RAIN CHANCES ALONG THE COAST MAY NEED TO BE HIGHER. HIGHS EACH DAY WILL REACH THE MID/UPPER 80S ALONG THE COAST TO LOW 90S INLAND. LOWS WILL BE IN THE LOW 70S...WITH MID 70S ALONG THE COAST WHERE ONSHORE FLOW REMAINS ELEVATED. SAT-TUES...WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE A NORTH TO NORTHEASTWARD TRACK OFFSHORE OF FLORIDA INTO THE WEEKEND WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH POSITIONING ITSELF ACROSS THE STATE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE AS THE WEAK LOW PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED EACH AFT ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. SINCE MOISTURE IS NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY INTO THE EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL KEEP POPS LIMITED TO 30 PERCENT. NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SKIES GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY. && .AVIATION... VFR AREAWIDE WITH WITH LCL SHRA SCT-BKN 030 NR VRB-FPR-SUA THROUGH 16Z. ISOLD SHRA @ COAST MNLY S OF MLB THIS AFTN THROUGH THU MORNING. && .MARINE... COT'D ONSHORE FETCH WITH SEA HGHTS 4-5 FT WELL OFFSHORE BUILDING TO NR 5 FT WITH SOME CHOP TODAY. SEAS 3-4 FT NEARSHORE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS THE MARINE AREA. THURS-SUN...EASTERLY FLOW UP TO 10-15 KTS WILL GENERALLY PERSIST THROUGH LATE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS REMAINS NORTH OF FLORIDA. A WEAK LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN AND OFFSHORE OF THE FL EAST COAST FROM FRI INTO THE WEEKEND. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST AND BELOW HAZARDOUS LEVELS. SEAS TO REMAIN AROUND 3-5 FEET THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER... WEATHER RELATED CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE CRITICAL DUE TO STRONG MARINE INFLUENCE. FUEL MOISTURE REMAINS QUITE LOW HOWEVER AND NEW FIRES WILL BE CAPABLE OF SPREAD IN GUSTY EAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASING MOISTURE INTO LATE WEEK WILL ALLOW FOR GREATER CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 86 71 86 71 / 10 20 20 10 MCO 90 69 91 71 / 10 10 20 10 MLB 85 75 86 74 / 10 20 20 10 VRB 85 74 86 73 / 20 20 20 20 LEE 91 69 91 71 / 10 10 20 10 SFB 90 69 91 71 / 10 10 20 10 ORL 90 71 91 72 / 10 10 20 10 FPR 85 73 86 73 / 20 20 20 20 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && UPDATE...GLITTO SHORT TERM...PENDERGRAST LONG TERM....WEITLICH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 524 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-082000- 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- 524 AM EDT WED JUN 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL COMBINE WITH SURFACE HEATING...AN INLAND MOVING EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY AND MODEST MOISTURE. ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHERN MOST OSCEOLA COUNTY. IF ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS DEVELOP...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE WEST AT 10 MPH. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... WIND AND OCEAN CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS AT ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY. THE THREAT WILL BE MOST PRONOUNCED NEAR AND DURING TIMES OF OUTGOING TIDE FROM AROUND 1 PM TO 5 PM. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS ALONG WITH A SWELL WILL BUILD SEAS TO 5 TO 6 FEET OVER THE FAR OFFSHORE WATERS MAINLY SOUTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. CHOPPY SEAS AND GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL POSE A HAZARD FOR SMALLER VESSELS VENTURING WELL OFFSHORE. .FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... THERE WILL NEED TO BE A HIGHER DEGREE OF CAUTION WITH VERY DRY FUELS AND GROUND CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF FIRES. ANY NEW FIRES WILL BE ABLE TO SPREAD QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS GUSTING NEAR 20 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHTNING STORMS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY LATE THIS WEEK AS HIGHER MOISTURE IS SLOWLY DRAWN NORTHWARD FROM THE TROPICS. THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. PENDERGRAST
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:21 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud formed on US 1 just north of the intersection with Midway Road in White City. A photo of the funnel cloud was obtained.
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