A thunderstorm became briefly severe and produced wind gusts over 50 knots at the Kennedy Space Center.
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A thunderstorm became briefly severe and produced wind gusts over 50 knots at the Kennedy Space Center.
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 29, 8:48 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 948 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014 .DISCUSSION... TODAY/TONIGHT...SOME LARGE PRE FRONTAL CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF AND OFF NORTHEAST FLORIDA SUGGEST THE PENINSULA WILL HAVE A HIGHER COVERAGE OF STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE CENTRAL FLORIDA MORNING SOUNDINGS INDEED SHOW HIGHER MOISTURE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER AROUND 2 INCHES WHICH WILL SUPPORT HIGHER COVERAGE THAN THE LAST TWO DAYS. 500 MB TEMPS ARE RATHER WARM... MINUS 5 DEGREES CELSIUS BUT 700 MB TEMPS AT 8 DEGREES ARE NOT AS WARM AS FORECAST BY THE GFS. EARLY MORNING SATELLITE SHOWING PLENTY OF SUNSHINE...SO WHERE IT HEATS UP INTO THE LOWER 90S...THERE WILL BE DECENT INSTABILITY. NORTHERLY UPPER LEVEL WINDS MAY KEEP A GOOD PART OF THE AREA FROM GETTING DEBRIS CLOUDS SO THE CURRENT POPS AT 50 PERCENT LOOK GOOD. SOUNDINGS SHOW STORM MOTION TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. DESPITE THE HIGH MOISTURE THERE WAS SOME MID LEVEL DRIER AIR. SO EXPECT THAT A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE STRONGER STORMS. EXPECT THE BULK OF CONVECTION TO HAVE PUSHED OFFSHORE BY EVENING BUT WITH A LOW LEVEL TROUGH CLOSE BY TO THE NORTH...MOIST WESTERLY FLOW SHOULD KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR STORMS GOING UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. && .AVIATION...ALREADY SOME SHOWERS/STORMS NEAR KLEE...SO THE CHANCE FOR STORMS ALONG THE I-4 CORRIDOR WILL BE STARTING EARLIER THAN NORMAL...LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THAT MANY OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL PRODUCE IFR VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE MOIST AIR MASS...BUT DURATION LOOKS SHORT DUE TO DECENT STORM MOTION... EAST SOUTHEAST 15 KNOTS. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO OCCUR. SOME OF THESE GUSTS COULD SWEEP OUT WELL AHEAD OF CONVECTION AND LIMIT THE COVERAGE OF RAINFALL AND IFR CONDITIONS. CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS IN THE SURROUNDING WATERS HAVE HAD MODERATE LIGHTNING AMOUNTS SO WE SHOULD EXPECT SIMILAR STORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER LAND. && .MARINE... TODAY/TONIGHT...FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING INTO NORTH FLORIDA WILL KEEP A WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE WATERS. WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN AROUND 15 KNOTS...BUT THE FRONTAL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT DECREASE...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS OFFSHORE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A CHOPPY RIDE BACK TO THE COAST. ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN RETURNING TO SAFE HARBOR AHEAD OF STORMS MOVING OFF THE PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...LASCODY IMPACT WX....SEDLOCK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1200 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-292200- 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- 1200 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... INCREASING MOISTURE AHEAD OF A FRONT MOVING INTO NORTH FLORIDA WILL LEAD TO GREATER COVERAGE OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE DAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... OCEAN CONDITIONS WILL GENERATE A LOW TO MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY...PRIMARILY NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH RESCUE ON LATEST SURF CONDITIONS AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH COULD AFFECT BOATERS ON INLAND LAKES AND THE NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. IF YOU SEE DARKENING SKIES TO THE WEST...MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR. GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH DRIER AIR BUILDING DOWN INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO LOWER AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF SOUTHERN BREVARD AND SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES. AS WEAK FRONT CONTINUES TO FADE ACROSS FLORIDA INTO LATE WEEK... INCREASING MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR MORE NORMAL THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. WEITLICH/TS
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:22 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A severe thunderstorm produced localized wind gusts up to 62 mph on a Kennedy Space Center barrier island, less than one mile from the Atlantic coast.
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