Strong thunderstorms over southeast Brevard County produced wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph as they moved quickly northeast into the Atlantic. Minor wind damage occurred to a mobile home in Palm Bay.
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Strong thunderstorms over southeast Brevard County produced wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph as they moved quickly northeast into the Atlantic. Minor wind damage occurred to a mobile home 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 Feb 21, 3:50 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 350 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT THROUGH TONIGHT...PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE DECELERATED BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS IT REACHED NORTHERN LAKE/VOLUSIA COS. AS WAS ALLUDED TO IN EARLIER AFD...DISCRETE CELLULAR CONVECTION AHEAD OF THIS BAND BECAME STRONG...WITH HIGHEST COVERAGE NRN OSCEOLA/BREVARD NWD. ACTIVITY MUCH MORE ISOLATED TO THE SOUTH. WILL NEED TO RUN WITH A PRE-FIRST PERIOD TO ACCOUNT FOR BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/STORMS PRE-SUNSET...BUT WILL CUT BACK ON THE NUMBERS ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED FOR TODAY BY ABOUT 10-20PCT. REMNANT OUTFLOW BDRY FROM DECAYING SQLN WILL SAG INTO THE NRN CWA THIS EVENING...WITH THE TRAILING FRONT HANGING BACK NORTH OF THE AREA. LINGERING SHOWERS AND A FEW TS DURING THE EARLY EVENING SHOULD DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT WITH FOG DEVELOPING THEREAFTER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. THIS WEEKEND...FRONT WILL START OFF NEAR OR NORTH OF THE NORTHERN CWA BUT THEN LIFT NWD AS WEAK MID LEVEL RIPPLES SCOOT ACROSS THE SERN CONUS IN FAST WSW TO WRLY FLOW. BETTER CHANCE FOR PRECIP WILL BE OVER THE NRN CWA...IN DEEPER POOLED MOISTURE CLOSER TO THE FRONT. WENT WITH A 40 NORTH/30 SOUTH SPLIT...AND JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE EVENING. MON-TUE...WEAK MID LEVEL IMPULSES CONTINUE TO MOVE QUICKLY WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE ZONAL FLOW OVER THE SRN CONUS....RESULTING IN RAIN CHANCES 20 TO 30 PERCENT LOCALLY. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO TUN ABOVE NORMAL AS COLD AIR REMAINS BOTTLED UP TO THE NORTH OF FLORIDA. WED-FRI...AMPLIFYING LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NOAM WILL LEAD TO SFC LOW DEVELOPMENT OVER SERN CONUS BY THU NIGHT. THIS FEATURE WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS AND THEN OFFSHORE THE MID ATLC STATES BY WED...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT WED. BDRY MAY SLOW OR STALL AS IT REACHES SOUTH FL ON THU...THOUGH THE MAIN GLOBAL MODELS DIFFER ON SPEED AT WHICH THE BOUNDARY SAGS SWD. AFTER ABANDONING ITS POTENT SRN STREAM TROUGH/GOMEX SFC LOW SOLUTION FOR NEXT FRI... THE ECM SHOWS THIS TAKING PLACE ONCE AGAIN. THE GFS ADVERTISES A MUCH LESS AMPLIFIED SOLN AT H50 AND WEAKER/MORE EASTWARD SURFACE RESPONSE...LEADING TO A VERY UNCERTAIN FORECAST FOR LATE NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...LATE AFTERNOON PRECIP HAS BECOME MORE "POPCORN" TYPE CELLULAR CONVECTION FROM ISM-MLB NWD. THUS...MADE A FEW AMDS TO KEEP PREVAILING VCSH/VCTS AND WILL CONTINUE TO TWEAK AS NEEDED WHEN CELLS POP CLOSER TO AERODROMES. SETUP LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FOR IFR CIGS/VSBYS IN FOG/STRATUS IN THAT SAME AREA LATER TONIGHT. && .MARINE...THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL FEATURE GENERALLY SLACK WINDS AOB 10KT WITH FRONT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW SEAS TO DROP BACK TO 2-4FT. MODELS ADVERTISE SOME INCREASE IN OFFSHORE WINDS BY WED AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WHICH MAY KICK OFFSHORE SEAS UP A BIT...BUT STILL NO MORE THAN 4 TO MAYBE 5FT...WHICH WOULD BE CONFINED WELL OFFSHORE. PERHAPS A BETTER CHANCE FOR OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS BY THEN. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO RH/WIND CONCERNS AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND CLOUDS WITH SLACK GRADIENT AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY MEANDERS OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING STORMS SAT/SUN AFTERNOONS...AND LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...WHICH COULD ENHANCE VSBY REDUCTIONS INVOF ANY SMOLDERING BURN ACTIVITY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 62 74 59 79 / 40 40 30 40 MCO 63 81 62 82 / 30 40 20 30 MLB 65 78 65 81 / 40 40 20 30 VRB 62 81 62 82 / 40 40 20 30 LEE 61 78 60 82 / 30 30 20 30 SFB 62 79 62 82 / 30 40 20 30 ORL 64 81 63 82 / 30 40 20 30 FPR 62 81 63 82 / 40 40 20 30 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && FORECAST/AVIATION...CRISTALDI RADAR/METWATCH...WEITLICH/SHARP IMPACT WX/SOCIAL MEDIA...ULRICH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1052 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-220000- 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- 1052 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A COLD FRONT OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON. A SQUALL LINE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WILL APPROACH LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE SOUTHEAST ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AS IT GRADUALLY WEAKENS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 50 TO 55 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE FROM KISSIMMEE TO TITUSVILLE NORTHWARD. ADDITIONAL THREATS WILL INCLUDE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND HAIL. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THIS LINE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE CAPE WHERE THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MAY FORM AND INTERACT WITH ANY DEVELOPING CONVECTION. STORMS OVER LAND WILL MOVE TO THE EAST TO NORTHEAST AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH AND OFFSHORE. IF STORMS APPROACH HEAD INDOORS QUICKLY INTO A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ISOLATED STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE. STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD WITH STRONGER STORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS ON AREAS LAKES AND ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. MARINERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WEST AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... SOUTHERLY WINDS TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS WELL OFFSHORE WITH SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OFFSHORE. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A LONG PERIOD EAST SWELL WILL PRODUCE A LOW TO MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT STALLS OVER FLORIDA. AN EASTERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND AND WILL MAINTAIN A LOW TO MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK AT THE BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. VOLKMER/WEITLICH
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
203 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NW HAULOVER CANAL 28.77N 80.80W
02/21/2014 M44 MPH BREVARD FL OTHER FEDERAL
USAF TOWER 421 RECORDED A 38-KNOT WIND GUST OUT OF THE NW
AT 54 FEET.
&&
ULRICHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
213 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
FLZ041-044-212015-
INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
213 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY...
NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 315 PM EST.
AT 209 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LAKE GEORGE...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE
AND NORTHWEST INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
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 2927 8141 2927 8134 2919 8130 2888 8150
2901 8166 2905 8166 2905 8164 2928 8165
2930 8166 2931 8168 2932 8168 2938 8145
2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 285DEG 18KT 2936 8170
WEITLICHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
326 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
FLZ041-046-141-147-212130-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-SEMINOLE-
326 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHWESTERN BREVARD
COUNTY...SEMINOLE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 430 PM EST.
AT 323 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER SANFORD
AIRPORT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE APOLLO BEACH...BETHUNE BEACH...MAYTOWN AND
MIDWAY.
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 2877 8072 2876 8074 2878 8074 2881 8078
2885 8078 2885 8081 2877 8076 2876 8076
2875 8081 2877 8084 2874 8084 2863 8132
2880 8138 2904 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 251DEG 23KT 2875 8125
WEITLICHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
335 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
FLZ047-147-212115-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
335 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST.
AT 332 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER MERRITT
ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE JETTY 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 2843 8056 2840 8058 2832 8060 2830 8064
2831 8065 2830 8065 2827 8071 2840 8082
2847 8076 2841 8073 2849 8074 2863 8060
2859 8057 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 234DEG 17KT 2840 8066
WEITLICHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
419 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
FLZ047-054-212200-
INDIAN RIVER-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
419 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD
COUNTY...EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...
* UNTIL 500 PM EST.
AT 414 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER
FELLSMERE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE MICCO AND SEBASTIAN INLET.
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 2757 8057 2789 8071 2811 8063 2811 8061
2806 8058 2807 8057 2812 8059 2812 8057
2808 8055 2807 8056 2806 8054 2794 8049
2786 8043 2761 8033 2756 8032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 235DEG 21KT 2782 8060
DWSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
446 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0407 PM TSTM WND GST PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE 28.24N 80.61W
02/21/2014 M55 MPH BREVARD FL ASOS
THE PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE ASOS RECORDED A 48-KNOT GUST
OUT OF THE WSW.
&&
ULRICHThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 12 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:51 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A Palm Bay citizen reported that strong thunderstorm winds damaged the aluminum porch of his neighbors mobile home on Tangelo Drive and peeled back part of the roof.
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