A severe thunderstorm formed over southern Brevard County as an outflow boundary merged with the east coast sea breeze that was pinned close to the coast. Palm Bay Police Department relayed a report that trees fell onto live wires in Palm Bay.
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A severe thunderstorm formed over southern Brevard County as an outflow boundary merged with the east coast sea breeze that was pinned close to the coast. Palm Bay Police Department relayed a report that trees fell onto live wires in Palm Bay.
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 28, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 330 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 .DISCUSSION... ...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... CURRENT/TONIGHT...SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL MOVE ENE MAINLY N OF LAKE KISSIMMEE-CAPE CANAVERAL LINE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY FOR SRN BREVARD/SRN OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AND THE TREASURE COAST INTO THIS EVENING. LOW LVL SW FLOW WILL HOLD OFF THE SEA BRZ NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET WITH SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY JUST MAKING IT ONTO THE MAINLAND ALONG THE SRN TREASURE COAST. WILL CONTINUE HIGHEST EVENING POPS NEAR THE COAST AND SRN SECTIONS AND ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LINGERING ACTIVITY PAST 8 PM ACROSS THE NRN INTERIOR. HRRR MODEL INDICATES MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY ACROSS NRN SECTIONS WILL MAKE IT INTO THE TREASURE COAST DURING THE EARLY EVENING. COULD SEE A FEW STRONG EVENING STORMS WITH STRONG WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SAT-MON...A STORMY WEEKEND IS SHAPING UP EACH AFTERNOON AS DEEP AND MOIST SW FLOW AHEAD OF AN MID LAYER TROUGH DIGGING FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE SE STATES ALLOWS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS TO MOVE NORTHEAST EACH DAY WITH SOME ACTIVITY LINGERING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FOR SATURDAY...WILL SHOW HIGHEST POPS NORTH NEAR THE DEEPEST MOISTURE ACROSS THE NRN PENINSULA AND ALSO ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE WILL MOVE UP FROM SOUTH FL. FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL GO WITH LIKELY RAIN CHANCES EACH DAY (60 PCT) WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED. INCREASED CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED ESPEC SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. HIGHS WILL BE NEAR 90 TO THE LOWER 90S. STEERING FLOW WILL BE FROM THE SW AT 15-20 KNOTS ON SAT AND 20-25 KNOTS MAKING FOR FASTER NE STORM MOTION TOWARD THE COAST AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS EACH DAY. STRONG STORMS OVER THE WEEKEND MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONGER ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW. BOATERS AND BEACHGOERS SHOULD CHECK THE RADAR AND FORECAST BEFORE HEADING TO THE BEACH...INTRACOASTAL WATERS OR ATLC THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. TUE-THU...PREVIOUS EXTENDED DISCUSSION... TROFFING PATTERN OVER THE ERN CONUS WILL DAMPEN OUT THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE H30-H20 JET SHIFTS FROM A SLIGHT DIGGING TO A FULL LIFTING ORIENTATION. ATLC RIDGE AXIS WILL RESPOND BY DRIFTING BACK N INTO CENTRAL FL. THE RESULT WILL BE A WEAKENING STEERING FLOW THAT WILL BACK TO THE S/SE...PROMOTING THE FORMATION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. INCREASING LOW/MID LVL SUPPRESSION AND WEAKENING STEERING FLOW WILL DECREASE PRECIP COVERAGE BACK TO SCT COVERAGE. NO SIG CHANGE IN AIRMASS...MAX TEMPS WITHIN A FEW DEGS OF CLIMO AVG (L90S) AREAWIDE. DVLPG ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP MIN TEMPS ALONG THE COAST BTWN 3-5F ABV AVG (M/U70S)...INTERIOR MIN TEMPS NEAR AVG (L/M70S). && .AVIATION...CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AFFECTING NRN TERMINALS SHOULD TRANSITION SOUTH THIS EVENING FROM KMLB-KVRB FROM 20Z-23Z AND KFPR-KSUA FROM 21Z-24Z. MVFR CIGS WITH LCL IFR VSBYS WILL ACCOMPANY TSRA THIS AFTN/EVENING. SCT/NMRS TSRA WILL AFFECT E CENTRAL FL TERMINALS AGAIN ON SATURDAY...MAINLY AFT 18Z. && .MARINE... INCREASING SSW/SW WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING FROM THE MAINLAND TO THE NEAR SHORE WATERS AND OFFSHORE EACH DAY WILL KEEP THE WEATHER UNSETTLED FOR SMALL CRAFT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. SSW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KNOTS OFFSHORE THIS WEEKEND WITH SEAS TO 4-5 FT...LOWER NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. STORM COVERAGE MAY REMAIN HIGH INTO MONDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SE FLOW BY WED/THU OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 76 91 75 90 / 30 60 50 60 MCO 74 92 74 91 / 20 60 50 60 MLB 75 91 77 89 / 30 50 40 60 VRB 75 91 76 89 / 30 50 40 60 LEE 76 92 76 91 / 20 60 50 60 SFB 76 92 76 92 / 20 60 50 60 ORL 76 92 76 92 / 20 60 50 60 FPR 75 91 75 90 / 30 40 30 60 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT-LONG TERM/AVIATION...VOLKMER RADAR/IMPACT WX UPDATES....SEDLOCK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 522 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-282000- 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- 522 AM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AMPLE MOISTURE...SURFACE BOUNDARIES AND FAVORABLE STEERING WINDS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS FROM MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING STORM COVERAGE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BOUNDARY COLLISIONS MAY GENERATE A FEW STRONGER STORMS. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS. THIS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STORMS INTO THE AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS. INCREASING WESTERLY COMPONENT WINDS WILL PUSH DEVELOPED STORMS EASTWARD AND OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS OF VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES AND EVENTUALLY OFFSHORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL LEAD TO A RELATIVELY HIGHER COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON STORMS ALONG WITH A LINGERING POTENTIAL FOR OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS ALONG THE COAST. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. PENDERGRAST
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
249 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
FLZ045-053-281930-
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-
249 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
OVER SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
AT 246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER CELEBRATION...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE AUSTIN TINDALL PARK...CAMPBELL...KISSIMMEE AIRPORT AND LAKE
NONA.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT 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 2846 8127 2828 8110 2821 8153 2826 8156
2826 8161 2837 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 251DEG 20KT 2830 8152
SEDLOCKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
341 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
FLZ045-046-141-147-282030-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-
341 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
OVER NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN
SEMINOLE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS 7 MILES EAST OF
GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG CELL WAS JUST TO
THE EAST OF BITHLO IN NORTHEAST ORANGE COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE MAYTOWN.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT 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 2859 8073 2860 8074 2860 8076 2862 8079
2861 8080 2858 8079 2857 8080 2849 8106
2876 8114 2891 8081 2862 8060
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 244DEG 13KT 2872 8100
SEDLOCKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
419 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
FLZ045-053-144-282100-
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
419 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
OVER SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN
OSCEOLA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER FOUR CORNERS...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE BAY HILL...DOCTOR PHILLIPS...SEA WORLD AND WET N WILD WATER
PARK.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT 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 2854 8149 2835 8135 2831 8166 2834 8167
2835 8175 2841 8178
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 259DEG 13KT 2836 8164
SEDLOCKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
420 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
FLZ047-053-054-282100-
INDIAN RIVER-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
420 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
OVER SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...
EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.
AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PALM BAY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE MICCO.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT 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 2782 8044 2784 8045 2787 8048 2786 8049
2783 8046 2782 8046 2777 8090 2795 8094
2804 8057 2798 8054 2802 8054 2803 8056
2805 8054 2782 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 260DEG 17KT 2788 8077
SEDLOCKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
425 PM EDT FRI JUN 28 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND GST 2 S SCOTTSMOOR 28.74N 80.88W
06/28/2013 M46.00 MPH BREVARD FL OTHER FEDERAL
GUST FROM USAF WIND TOWER 819 AT 54 FT.
0405 PM TSTM WND GST 1 S SHILOH 28.77N 80.80W
06/28/2013 M44.00 MPH BREVARD FL OTHER FEDERAL
GUST FROM USAF TOWER 421 AT 54 FT.
0410 PM TSTM WND GST 2 W KENNEDY SPACE CENTE 28.52N 80.72W
06/28/2013 M46.00 MPH BREVARD FL OTHER FEDERAL
USAF TOWER 714 AT 54 FT.
&&
PGThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Palm Bay Police Department reported trees down onto live wires near the intersection of Pace Drive NW and Lamplight Drive NW.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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