Numerous reports of a funnel cloud were received in association with a boundary moving southwest of a line of convection which was advancing toward the coast.
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Numerous reports of a funnel cloud were received in association with a boundary moving southwest of a line of convection which was advancing toward the coast.
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 Jul 12, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 .DISCUSSION... ...HIGH SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY... CURRENT-TONIGHT...CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE WCSB PUSHED STORMS INTO THE NORTHERN HALF CWA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WATCHING IMPENDING BOUNDARY COLLISION ALONG SPACE/TREASURE COASTS ATTM...WHILE COVERAGE BACK TO THE NORTH/WEST IS MUCH LOWER AS A GOOD PORTION OF THAT AIR MASS HAS BEEN WORKED OVER. CONSEQUENTLY....WE CAN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER EARLY EVENING POPS FROM 30-40 TO 20 AREAWIDE AS THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY FORCING TO KEEP DIURNAL ACTIVITY GOING MORE THAN A COUPLE HRS POST-SUNSET IN POCKETS OF UNUSED INSTABILITY SAT-SUN (PREV)...UPPER LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH ASSOCIATED TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL GOMEX WILL MOVE WESTWARD INTO TEXAS OVER THIS 48 HOUR STRETCH. UPPER HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL IN TURN MOVE WESTWARD AND TAKE UP RESIDENCY OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. THE DEEP LAYER FLOW OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL BECOME UNIFORMLY EASTERLY BY SUN. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WILL REMAIN AROUND 2 INCHES INTO EARLY SUN BEFORE SOME DRYING MOVES INTO THE AREA LATER IN THE DAY. LATE IN THE DAY ON SUN AND SUN EVENING AN EASTERLY WAVE WILL APPROACH THE BAHAMAS FROM THE EAST. WITH DEEP SOUTHERLY FLOW CONTINUING ON SAT WILL GO WITH 60 POPS OVER MOST OF THE AREA...INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT ALONG THE CENTRAL SPACE COAST THROUGH THE TREASURE COAST. QUICKER INLAND PROGRESSION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY SHOULD OCCUR ON SUN WITH THE INCREASING DEEP LAYER EASTERLY FLOW. WILL KEEP INHERITED 50 POPS AREAWIDE FOR NOW BUT CAN SEE A FUTURE HIGHER DISTRIBUTION FOR INTERIOR COUNTIES AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA LATER IN THE DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL OCCUR WITH STORMS WITH SOME AREAS PERHAPS SEEING UP TO 3-4 INCHES ACROSS LOCALES WHERE STORMS AFFECT THE SAME AREAS OVER THE WEEKEND. MON-THU (MODIFIED PREV)...HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE EASTERN CONUS THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THE LATEST EASTERLY WAVE WILL TRAVERSE THE FLORIDA PENINSULA ON MON. THE DEEP EASTERLY FLOW CONTINUES INTO EARLY WED BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A LIGHTER SOUTHERLY FLOW ON WED AND THEN A SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ON THU. NUDGED MON POP UP TO 50 PERCENT...OTHERWISE CONTINUED RAIN CHANCES NEAR 40 PCT ...CLOSE TO MOS THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S NEAR THE COAST TO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS THE INTERIOR. LOWS CONTINUING IN THE 70S. && .AVIATION...INDEED...TS ACTIVITY INITIATED AT MOST SITES A GOOD 2-3HRS EARLIER THAN INITIALLY FORECAST DUE TO AN ACTIVE AND RAPIDLY EWD MOVING WCSB. LOOKING AT TIX-MLB-SUA CORRIDOR FOR BEST CHANCE OF IFR VSBYS IN TS WITH G30-40KT PSBL THROUGH ABOUT 22-23Z. && .MARINE...MADE ADDITIONAL DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT IN SEAS FOR TONIGHT AND SAT...AS BUOY 41009 CONTINUES TO RUN ABOUT 2 TO 2.5FT...A GOOD FOOT AND CHANGE BELOW BOTH THE WNAWAVE AND LOCAL SWAN GUIDANCE. WINDS DO NOT SUPPORT MUCH MORE THAN ABOUT 3FT THROUGH THE DAY SAT BEFORE PGRAD STARTS TO TIGHTEN A LITTLE AS FLOW BACKS TO SE FROM SUNDAY ONWARD. WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE EVOLUTION OF INVERTED TROUGH/WEAK SFC LOW PRES CURRENTLY SE OF BERMUDA. FEATURE IS FCST TO ACCELERATE TO THE WSW AND MOVE INTO THE LOCAL ATLC WATER EARLY ON MONDAY AND ONTO THE PENINSULA LATE IN THE DAY/OVERNIGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 73 88 74 90 / 40 60 30 50 MCO 73 90 73 91 / 30 60 30 60 MLB 74 87 74 88 / 40 70 30 50 VRB 73 88 73 89 / 40 70 30 50 LEE 74 90 74 91 / 30 60 30 60 SFB 75 90 74 92 / 30 60 30 60 ORL 75 90 74 91 / 30 60 30 60 FPR 72 87 72 89 / 40 70 30 50 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && FORECAST/AVIATION...CRISTALDI IMPACT WX/RADAR....ULRICH/WEITLICH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 402 AM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-122000- 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- 402 AM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DEEP MOISTURE...SOUTHWEST FLOW AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. STORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE WHICH WILL MOVE TOWARD LAKE COUNTY...METRO ORLANDO AND VOLUSIA AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AND THE TREASURE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS TO AROUND TWO INCHES...GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDER IS HEARD. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND AFFECT THE LARGER INLAND LAKES MAINLY NORTH OF A LAKE KISSIMMEE TO LAKE WASHINGTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL THEN APPROACH THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO SEBASTIAN INLET LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS ABOVE 35 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STORM CHANCES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. A DEEP ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH NEAR NORMAL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND AN INCREASING THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. VOLKMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
205 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
FLZ041-141-121900-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-
205 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
OVER SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
AT 159 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
STRONG WIND GUSTS...MOVING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST AT 10 MPH.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO FORM AS BOUNDARIES
COLLIDE WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW
AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS...CAUSE POWER OUTAGES OR CAPSIZE SMALL
BOATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS SOMETIMES OCCUR WELL
AWAY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS.
LAT...LON 2881 8074 2880 8078 2885 8078 2885 8081
2881 8079 2880 8079 2879 8085 2879 8095
2878 8097 2877 8106 2881 8107 2883 8111
2882 8113 2880 8113 2904 8127 2921 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 298DEG 8KT 2895 8099
ULRICHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
223 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SSE DAYTONA BEACH 29.14N 80.99W
07/12/2013 M52 MPH VOLUSIA FL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER MEASURED 45 KT/52 MPH WIND GUST WITH HANDHELD
KESTREL ON HWY A1A IN DAYTONA BEACH SHORES.
&&
ARBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
342 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
FLZ053-058-122030-
OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-
342 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AND SOUTHERN
OSCEOLA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
AT 335 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ABOUT 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF KISSIMMEE PRAIRIE PRESERVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW
AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS...CAUSE POWER OUTAGES OR CAPSIZE SMALL
BOATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS SOMETIMES OCCUR WELL
AWAY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS.
LAT...LON 2741 8114 2745 8115 2749 8121 2754 8121
2760 8114 2764 8115 2765 8114 2770 8116
2771 8115 2775 8118 2777 8106 2776 8088
2764 8087 2764 8078 2750 8078 2738 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 238DEG 8KT 2746 8118
ULRICHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
353 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
FLZ147-122030-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
353 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL NEAR KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW
AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS...CAUSE POWER OUTAGES OR CAPSIZE SMALL
BOATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS SOMETIMES OCCUR WELL
AWAY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS.
LAT...LON 2840 8060 2849 8061 2850 8060 2850 8063
2844 8065 2840 8064 2839 8072 2852 8074
2852 8078 2857 8081 2858 8080 2854 8077
2854 8074 2859 8073 2861 8076 2869 8064
2859 8057 2847 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 240DEG 8KT 2853 8068
ULRICHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
422 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
FLZ064-122100-
MARTIN-
422 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
AND SMALL HAIL OVER EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
AT 417 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PALM CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE NORTH RIVER SHORES...SEWALLS POINT AND WITHAM
FIELD.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW
AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS...CAUSE POWER OUTAGES OR CAPSIZE SMALL
BOATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS SOMETIMES OCCUR WELL
AWAY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS.
LAT...LON 2698 8008 2697 8042 2718 8038 2721 8033
2721 8029 2724 8028 2727 8025 2726 8022
2727 8020 2724 8017 2724 8018 2720 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 221DEG 10KT 2710 8030
WEITLICHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
446 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SW JENSEN BEACH 27.19N 80.29W
07/12/2013 M3.00 INCH MARTIN FL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES. ALSO 2-3
INCHES OF RUNNING WATER ON ROAD IN PALM CITY.
&&
ARBThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 68 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:08 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement received multiple reports of a funnel cloud to the northwest of Lakewood Park, to the southwest of a line of convection.
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