Lightning struck a yacht at the Kennedy Point Yacht Club and Marina in Titusville. The lightning strike started a fire that engulfed the yacht and several nearby boats.
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Lightning struck a yacht at the Kennedy Point Yacht Club and Marina in Titusville. The lightning strike started a fire that engulfed the yacht and several nearby boats.
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 16, 2:50 PM EST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 350 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 .DISCUSSION... NO BIG SURPRISES TODAY AS EARLY START TO THE CONVECTION FOLLOWED BY DEBRIS CLOUDS/RAIN LIMITED MAX TEMPS. NUMEROUS STORMS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH (SUB-SEVERE) AND SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MELBOURNE IS VERY CLOSE TO BREAKING THEIR RAINFALL RECORD FOR THE DAY OF 1.73". LIGHTNING WAS NOT AS INTENSE LIKELY DUE TO THE EARLY ONSET AND NO SEA BREEZE TO COLLIDE WITH. THE DEBRIS RAIN NEAR THE COAST WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING BUT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ACROSS THE PENINSULA SO WILL MAINTAIN 40 POPS AFTER SUNSET. EXPECT A DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND LOWER RAIN CHANCES TO 20 PERCENT. BUT CONVECTION MAY PERSIST OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SPREAD DEBRIS HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THIS MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON AMOUNT OF HEATING ON THU. THU (PREVIOUS)...FL WILL REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN OUT-OF- SEASON FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS IT RUNS INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE AND STALLS OUT/MAKES VERY SLOW PROGRESS ACROSS THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. RESULTING WARM SW LOW LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR HIGHER RAIN CHANCES ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST IN THE MID AFTERNOON AND LINGERING ON INTO THE EVENING. DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE LOOKS UNLIKELY...THOUGH DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE FRONT THE VOLUSIA COAST MAY SEE SYNOPTIC NE FLOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPS IN THE LOW 90S WITH MIN TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 70S. FRI-SUN...THE PARENT UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WILL BE DRIVING THE ANOMALOUSLY DEEP EAST COAST TROUGH LIFTS QUICKLY UP INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. HEIGHT OVER THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RISE AS THE UPPER LEVEL WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE BEGINS TO REASSERT ITSELF. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE SURFACE FRONT REACHING INTO SOUTH FLORIDA WITH NOTABLE DRY AIR ADVECTION BOTH IN THE LOW...BUT ESPECIALLY MID LEVELS. A WEAK SURFACE PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE FROM THE REMNANTS OF THE TROUGH...BUT THE OVERALL TREND WILL BE FOR LIGHT EAST-NORTHEAST FLOW. THESE FACTORS WILL LEAD TO A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN POPS ACROSS THE NORTH ON FRI AND THE ENTIRE AREA ON SAT. HOWEVER SUFFICIENT HEATING AND PLENTY OF EVAPO-TRANSPIRATION WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH ACTIVITY FAVORING MORE WEST AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. POPS RANGE FROM AROUND 20 IN THE NORTH TO 40 ALONG THE TREASURE COAST/LAKE OKEECHOBEE ON FRIDAY WITH NEAR/JUST BELOW NORMAL 30/40 PERCENT SAT AND SUN. MON-WED...ECMWF IS A LITTLE QUICKER THAN THE GFS IN REBUILDING THE WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE BACK OVER THE PENINSULA EARLY NEXT WEEK AND PLACING THE PENINSULA UNDER SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW. THIS TYPE OF PATTERN WOULD FAVOR THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN PENINSULA FOR AFTERNOON CONVECTION. SUFFICIENT MOISTURE RETURNS FOR CLIMATOLOGICAL POPS AROUND 30-40 PERCENT...HIGHER OVER THE INTERIOR. BOTH TRY TO SHOW SOME DRIER AIR WORKING AROUND THE WESTERN END OF THE RIDGE BY MID WEEK...BUT FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP POPS NEAR NORMAL. && .AVIATION... && .MARINE... THU-FRI...SOUTHWEST WINDS 10-15 KNOTS AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY WITH THE FRONT MOVING FAR ENOUGH SOUTH FOR POST FRONTAL N-NE FLOW TO REACH INTO THE WATERS NORTH OF THE CAPE BY THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT VARIABLE FLOW ON FRIDAY WITH FRONT OVERHEAD/JUST TO THE SOUTH WITH PREVAILING DIRECTION EXPECTED TO BE E-NE 5KTS. SEAS 2-3FT. OFFSHORE MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A CONCERN ON THURSDAY...BUT A LITTLE LESS SO ON FRIDAY AS STORM CHANCES DIMINISH. SAT-SUN...WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN AS AREA REMAINS BETWEEN WEAK TROUGH LEFT BY DECAYING FRONT AND WESTERN ATLANTIC RIDGE BUILDING BACK TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS EAST-NORTHEAST 5KTS BOTH DAYS WITH SEAS CONTINUING AROUND 2-3FT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 73 87 74 91 / 40 40 20 20 MCO 75 90 74 93 / 40 40 20 30 MLB 75 89 75 90 / 40 60 40 40 VRB 75 89 74 90 / 40 60 40 40 LEE 75 90 76 94 / 40 30 20 20 SFB 76 90 76 94 / 40 40 20 30 ORL 76 90 77 93 / 40 40 20 30 FPR 75 89 74 90 / 40 60 40 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...KELLY LONG TERM....SPRATT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1141 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-170000- 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- 1141 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SOUTHWEST WINDS WELL AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT NEAR THE GEORGIA... FLORIDA BORDER WILL PROMOTE A HIGH COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE LIKELY...WITH ACTIVITY BECOMING CONCENTRATED TOWARD THE EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LINGERING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS INTO THE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AND OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS. .FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY RESULT IN TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED GENEROUS RAINFALL DURING THE THE PAST FEW DAYS. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... BOATERS ON INLAND LAKES...THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS...AND THE NEARSHORE WATERS SHOULD KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE WESTERN SKIES FOR APPROACHING LIGHTNING STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED STORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW STRONGER STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE AND PRODUCING GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE FLORIDA STRAITS. THIS PATTERN WILL KEEP THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORM ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY...WITH A GRADUAL RETURN TOWARD A MORE NORMAL COVERAGE OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS BY FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. SPRATT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1249 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NNE PORT SAINT JOHN 28.53N 80.77W
07/16/2014 M39 MPH BREVARD FL OTHER FEDERAL
USAF TOWER 1007 RECORDED A 34 KNOT / 39 MPH WIND GUST OUT
OF THE WEST NORTHWEST. INSTRUMENT HEIGHT 54 FEET.
&&
ULRICHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
106 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 PM TSTM WND GST PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE 28.24N 80.61W
07/16/2014 M40 MPH BREVARD FL ASOS
THE PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE ASOS, KCOF, RECORDED A 35 KNOT
/ 40 MPH WIND GUST OUT OF THE NORTHWEST.
&&
ULRICHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 114 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 FLZ047-054-059-064-161830- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-SOUTHERN BREVARD-ST. LUCIE- 114 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 .NOW... ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS APPROACHING THE COAST FROM SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY TO MARTIN COUNTY... AT 110 PM...CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WERE PUSHING RAPIDLY EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH TOWARD COASTAL LOCATIONS FROM COCOA BEACH SOUTHWARD TO VERO BEACH. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS THE COASTLINE AND SPREAD ACROSS THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND INTO THE ATLANTIC THROUGH 200 PM. STORMS WILL AFFECT THE COAST SOUTH OF VERO BEACH...MAINLY BETWEEN 130 AND 230 PM. WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE SOME LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW ABOUT AND BREAK SMALL LIMBS AND PALM FRONDS. BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. MOVE TO A SAFE LOCATION BEFORE THE STORMS APPROACH. SPRATT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
122 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0119 PM TSTM WND GST MELBOURNE AIRPORT 28.10N 80.64W
07/16/2014 M43 MPH BREVARD FL ASOS
THE MELBOURNE AIRPORT ASOS, KMLB, RECORDED A WIND GUST TO
37 KNOTS / 43 MPH OUT OF THE WEST.
&&
ULRICHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
143 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0132 PM TSTM WND GST SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POW 27.35N 80.25W
07/16/2014 M50.00 MPH ST. LUCIE FL MESONET
A WEATHERFLOW STATION AT THE SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT RECORDED A 43 KNOT / 50 MPH WIND GUST OUT OF THE
WEST SOUTHWEST.
&&
ULRICHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
154 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0147 PM TSTM WND GST STUART 27.19N 80.24W
07/16/2014 M44 MPH MARTIN FL AWOS
THE STUART AWOS, KSUA, RECORDED A 38 KNOT / 44 MPH WIND
GUST OUT OF THE WEST.
&&
ULRICHThe Melbourne radar (KMLB), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:32 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a yacht at the Kennedy Point Yacht Club and Marina in Titusville. The yacht caught fire and spread to three adjacent boats. Three of the four boats were a total loss.
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