A squall line, along with scattered thunderstorm develop ahead of the line, affected a large portion of east-central Florida during the afternoon. One of the storms became severe and produced quarter-sized hail in Seminole County.
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A squall line, along with scattered thunderstorm develop ahead of the line, affected a large portion of east-central Florida during the afternoon. One of the storms became severe and produced quarter-sized hail in Seminole County. Funnel clouds were also reported in Lake and Volusia Counties.
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 23, 10:03 AM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1003 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2014 .DISCUSSION... WARM FRONT SHIFTING NORTH OF CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING WILL PROVIDE A RELATIVELY LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE REGION. FOG AND STRATUS OVER THE AREA WILL LIFT AND BURN OFF INTO LATE MORNING WHICH WILL LEAD TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA FOR A BIT INTO THE AFTERNOON. DAYTIME HEATING AND SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD THEN HELP GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS INTO MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. GREATEST RAIN CHANCES WILL EXIST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA WHERE GREATER MOISTURE EXISTS CLOSER TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND HAVE INCREASED POPS SLIGHTLY OVER THIS AREA. COOL TEMPS ALOFT...DECENT INSTABILITY AND DRIER MID LEVEL AIR WILL KEEP THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY TRUE NEAR THE COAST WITH CONVECTION THAT INTERACTS WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. && .AVIATION...IFR/LIFR CONDS IN FOG/STRATUS THIS MORNING WILL IMPROVE TO VFR THROUGH 15-17Z. LIGHT S/SW FLOW WILL BECOME E/SE NEAR THE COAST WITH THE FORMATION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN INTO THE AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION. ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE TEMPO IFR/MVFR CONDS WITH STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST LATER IN THE DAY. && .MARINE... TODAY-TONIGHT...WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH OF THE AREA WILL PROVIDE A LIGHTER S/SW FLOW OVER THE WATERS WITH A MORE S/SE COMPONENT TOWARD THE COAST LATE IN THE DAY WITH THE FORMATION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 2-4 FEET. THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS WILL AGAIN EXIST LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && WEITLICH/KELLY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 955 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2014 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-232300- 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- 955 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A WARM FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL SPREAD EAST FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A DEVELOPING EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES PROPAGATING SOUTHWARD TO GENERATE SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG CONTAINING WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. A BRIEF SMALL TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WHERE NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES COLLIDE. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. .WATERSPOUT IMPACT... STORMS INTERACTING WITH SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WILL TEMPORARILY PRODUCE AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL SHEAR. THIS COULD PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS ON THE LARGER INLAND LAKES AS WELL AS THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A LONG PERIOD EAST SWELL WILL GENERATE A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES. ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD AND DO NOT SWIM ALONE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SCATTERED AFTERNOON LIGHTNING STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS ON INLAND LAKES...THE INTRACOASTAL AND ATLANTIC WATERS. STORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON PUSHING OFF THE MAINLAND AROUND 20 KNOTS. BOATERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE WEST AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PATCHY FOG MONDAY MORNING. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THEN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. KELLY/WIMMER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
211 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
FLZ041-044-231945-
INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
211 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...
NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 245 PM EST.
AT 207 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER LAKE
GEORGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
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 2939 8141 2927 8141 2926 8139 2922 8138
2913 8164 2930 8166 2931 8168 2932 8168
2938 8145 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 271DEG 29KT 2932 8159
KELLYThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
2 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A social media report was received of a funnel cloud in South Daytona Beach. The funnel cloud lasted four to five minutes before dissipating.
A retired NWS employee observed quarter-sized hail just west of Sanford.
A NWS storm spotter observed a funnel cloud rotating over Mt. Plymouth.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, February 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 493110, 493107, 493109.