Several storms developed ahead of an upper-level trough and surface front in a saturated air mass. One of these storms produced a bolt of lightning which struck a golf course in Port Orange, injuring a woman.
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The episode as NWS MLB wrote it up.
Several storms developed ahead of an upper-level trough and surface front in a saturated air mass. One of these storms produced a bolt of lightning which struck a golf course in Port Orange, injuring a woman. She was transported to an area hospital.
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 6, 8:12 AM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 912 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 .DISCUSSION... LATEST PARAMETERS ON SOUNDING WITH HIGHER AVAILABLE MOISTURE COUPLED WITH STRONG WINDS (50 TO 55 KT AT H7) SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG STORMS. CURRENT ACTIVITY WEST OF THE AREA WILL BE WATCHED AS IT CROSSES INTO ECFL DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. INCREASED INSTABILITY WITH SOME HEATING FROM ORANGE COUNTY AND CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTIES NORTHWARD WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG SFC WIND GUSTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WL UPDATE FORECAST SHORTLY TO INCREASE RAIN CHCS AND OTHER ELEMENTS. && .AVIATION... (MODIFIED PREVIOUS DISC)...MODEST SURFACE HEATING WILL OCCUR INTO THE AFTERNOON AND SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED STORMS WILL DEVELOP. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST...WHICH USUALLY MEANS THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR. THE TIMING OF THIS IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN BUT GENERALLY WOULD EXPECT THIS DURING THE TYPICAL 17-22Z TIME FRAME...THOUGH WITH ANY BREAKS IN THE DEBRIS CLOUDS...DEVELOPMENT COULD BE EARLIER. CHANCE POPS SHOULD LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO INCREASE. && .MARINE... TODAY-TONIGHT...(PREVIOUS) MARINE MOS HAS 15-20 KNOT SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING. THE MODELS ALSO SHOW 25-30 KNOT WINDS A LITTLE ABOVE THE SURFACE. WITH A LITTLE BETTER MIXING OVER THE GULF STREAM...WILL INCLUDE AN EXERCISE CAUTION STATEMENT FOR THE OFFSHORE ZONES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD MOVE OFF THE MAINLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING...AND WITH THE INCREASED LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS...SOME WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AROUND 35+ KNOTS. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && JP/DKW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1226 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-062300- 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- 1226 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... CONSIDERABLE MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS WILL LIMIT DAYTIME HEATING AND INSTABILITY INTO THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE ORLANDO METRO AREA. BEST CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL EXIST ACROSS LAKE COUNTY EASTWARD TO VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL MOVE QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH. A FEW STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO LATE DAY AND EARLY EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS ON INLAND LAKES...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FAST NORTHEASTWARD MOVING STORMS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS PASS YOUR LOCATION. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL EXIST OFFSHORE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE MARGINALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL BOATS IN THE OPEN ATLANTIC. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. COVERAGE SHOULD DECREASE OVER THE WEEKEND... EXCEPT NEAR A STALLING OUT FRONTAL BOUNDARY AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. LASCODY/WEITLICH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1046 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
FLZ041-044-046-141-061545-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY-SEMINOLE-
1046 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH OVER EASTERN LAKE COUNTY...NORTHERN SEMINOLE
COUNTY...VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.
AT 1042 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM WEKIVA SPRINGS
NORTHWARD INTO INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG
WINDS INCLUDE DAYTONA BEACH...DELAND...ORANGE CITY...AND DEBARY.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 2908 8093 2907 8090 2884 8076 2885 8081
2883 8080 2864 8146 2871 8146 2876 8141
2878 8142 2879 8146 2881 8146 2938 8146
2939 8144 2938 8142 2927 8141 2927 8116
2941 8116 2943 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 236DEG 25KT 2894 8132
WEITLICHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1119 AM EDT WED JUN 06 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1105 AM TSTM WND GST ORMOND BEACH 29.28N 81.06W
06/06/2012 M44 MPH VOLUSIA FL AWOS
KOMN AWOS OBSERVATION 1505Z WIND 27024G38KT.
&&
FXDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
138 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
FLZ041-045-046-141-061815-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-
138 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH OVER NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY...SEMINOLE
COUNTY...SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT.
AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER WEKIVA SPRINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE ALTAMONTE SPRINGS...SANFORD AND WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 2879 8164 2878 8142 2883 8142 2889 8135
2895 8135 2905 8118 2865 8096 2861 8096
2845 8165 2878 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 229DEG 26KT 2873 8140
WEITLICHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
214 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
FLZ041-046-141-061915-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-SEMINOLE-
214 PM EDT WED JUN 6 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH OVER CENTRAL SEMINOLE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN
VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
AT 208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER MIDWAY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE FARMTON...EDGEWATER...AND NEW SMYRNA BEACH.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 2910 8092 2908 8093 2908 8091 2883 8076
2882 8078 2885 8078 2885 8081 2881 8080
2879 8088 2879 8097 2876 8097 2868 8123
2890 8127 2916 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 234DEG 27KT 2880 8116
WEITLICHThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:26 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck two trees at the Crane Lakes Golf Course in Port Orange. A 55 year old woman who was standing nearby was indirectly struck and taken to a nearby medical center where she was admitted in serious condition.
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