A citizen reported a funnel cloud to the west of Lakewood Park in St. Lucie County and another funnel cloud was observed near Kissimmee Airport by FAA personnel.
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A citizen reported a funnel cloud to the west of Lakewood Park in St. Lucie County and another funnel cloud was observed near Kissimmee Airport by FAA personnel.
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 Oct 1, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 155 PM EDT WED OCT 1 2014 CURRENT-TONIGHT...WEST TO EAST FLOW ABOVE 3000 TO 4000 FEET PUSHING INCREASING STRATOCUMULUS...STRATUS AND RAIN TOWARD THE EAST COAST. THE MORNING SOUNDINGS FROM TAMPA AND CAPE CANAVERAL SHOWING AN INVERSION AROUND 16000 FEET AND A VERY DRY AIR MASS ABOVE THAT LEVEL. EXPECT LOW TOPPED STORMS IF ANY DO DEVELOP AND WITH 500MB TEMPERATURES IN THE -4 TO -5 CELSIUS RANGE AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES 1.08 TO 2 INCHES EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS. THE LATEST RUC RUN AND THE 12Z GFS RUN WERE INDICATING THAT THE MID LEVEL FLOW WAS FLATTENING AND BECOMING PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. WITH THE LACK OF ANY REAL SOUTHWARD PUSH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY SHOULD ONLY MOVE A LITTLE NORTH OR SOUTH OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKIES BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY TOWARD SUNRISE. LOWS IN THE LOW AND MID 70S. THU-FRI...GFS SUGGESTING THAT THE BOUNDARY FINALLY CLEARS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THU AND REMAINS SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA FRI. GFS TIME HEIGHT CROSS SECTION PROG IS SHOWING THAT THE DEEPER MOISTURE DECREASES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND BEST MOISTURE REMAINS 5000 FEET AND BELOW WITH AN ONSHORE FLOW. MAV MOS POP LOOK TOO LOW. THE MET MOS POP A LITTLE MORE REALISTIC. PREVIOUS ZONES EXTENDED DISCUSSION WEEKEND...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE FIRST COOL FRONT OF THE SEASON WILL PUSH THROUGH ON SATURDAY AND BRING A NOTICEABLE AIR MASS CHANGE. A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE FRONT ESPECIALLY FROM ORLANDO SOUTHWARD SAT AFTN. THE FAST MOVING STORMS SHOULD NOT PRODUCE MUCH RAINFALL ACCUMULATION BUT COULD CONTAIN STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. N/NW WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING LOWER HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 50S SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH LAKE/VOLUSIA COUNTIES...60S ELSEWHERE. SUNDAY LOOKS QUITE REFRESHING WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOWER 80S WITH NORTH WINDS 10 MPH...A LITTLE STRONGER ALONG THE COAST. MON-TUE...THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL OVER THE FL STRAITS AND NW BAHAMAS. DO NOT HAVE ANY MENTIONABLE POPS EITHER DAY BUT SOME REMNANT FRONTAL MOISTURE MAY RETURN NORTHWARD BY TUE AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS. && .AVIATION...PREVAILING MVFR IN/NEAR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 02/03Z THEN VFR TIL 08Z. MVFR TEMPO IFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES INTER IR 08Z-13Z...VFR TO 18Z. PREVIOUS AVIATION DISCUSSION WILL MONITOR TAF SITES...ESP NEAR AND NORTH OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR FOR EARLY MORNING PATCHY FOG/LOW STRATUS...WHICH WILL BURN OFF THRU MID/LATE MORNING...SHOULD ANY DEVELOP. LIGHT EARLY MORNING WINDS WILL BECOME AN ONSHORE COMPONENT IN THE AFTERNOON. DEEP MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...ESP SOUTHWARD FROM NEAR KSFB/KMCO...SO SCT-NMRS AFTN SHRA WITH ISOLD-SCT TSRA AGAIN POSSIBLE. THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SOUTH OF KMCO TODAY WITH DEEPER MOISTURE AND HIGHER PCPN CHANCES WILL RESIDE. LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS STILL MAIN AVIATION THREATS. BRIEF IFR/MVFR CIGS/VSBYS IN/AROUND CONVECTION. CELL DIRECTION WILL BE MAINLY FROM WEST TO EAST. ACTIVITY WILL AGAIN WIND DOWN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. && .MARINE... CURRENT-TONIGHT....BUOYS RECORDING WINDS 10 KNOTS OR LESS AND 1 TO 3 FOOT SEAS. STATIONARY BOUNDARY STRETCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TO AROUND THE DAYTONA AREA THEN DROPS DOWN TO AROUND MELBOURNE THEN EAST INTO THE ATLANTIC AS A COOL FRONT. DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE FRONT ONE IS LOCATED WINDS EITHER BE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST ON THE NORTH SIDE OR THE WEST IF SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KNOTS A GOOD CALL FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WEST TO EAST STEERING FLOW WILL PUSH SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE MAINLAND AND ONTO THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THU-FRI...MUCH DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE BOUNDARY DOES CLEAR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND HIGH PRESSURE WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST DOES TAKE PLACE. SEAS REMAIN 3 FEET OR BELOW AND WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS OR LESS DEPENDING WHERE THE BOUNDARY RESTS. WEEKEND...THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE WATERS SAT WITH A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS PUSHING EAST AND OFFSHORE DURING THE AFTN...SOME OF WHICH SHOULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE AROUND 15 KNOTS SAT AFTN ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS AND OVERSPREAD ALL THE WATERS SAT NIGHT AND CONTINUE SUNDAY. SEAS ARE FORECAST TO RISE TO 5 FEET OFFSHORE. BOATING CONDITIONS LOOK UNFAVORABLE ESPECIALLY IN THE GULF STREAM WHERE CAUTION HEADLINE MAY BE NEEDED. && .HYDROLOGY... HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SHINGLE CREEK BASIN ON MON CAUSED THE CREEK AT CAMPBELL TO RISE TO ACTION STAGE LAST EVENING. LATEST GAUGE INFORMATION SUGGESTS THE CREEK HAS LEVELED OFF ABOVE ACTION STAGE. WILL NEED TO MONITOR CLOSELY AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE BASIN COULD RESULT IN FURTHER RISES LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AT ASTOR REMAINS SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND IS FORECAST TO REMAIN AROUND MINOR FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. RIVER LEVELS ALSO RISING NEAR DELAND AND LAKE HARNEY AND THESE SITES ARE FORECAST TO REACH ACTION STAGE LATER THIS WEEK. IF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL SETS UP OVER OR UPSTREAM FROM THESE AREAS...THERE WILL BE FURTHER AGGRAVATION OVER THE BASIN. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 72 88 72 89 / 30 30 20 40 MCO 72 91 72 91 / 20 40 10 40 MLB 73 87 72 89 / 30 30 20 40 VRB 71 89 71 90 / 30 40 20 40 LEE 72 90 72 91 / 20 40 10 40 SFB 72 90 72 91 / 20 30 10 40 ORL 74 90 73 90 / 20 40 10 40 FPR 71 88 70 89 / 30 40 20 40 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && IMPACT WX...LASCODY HYDRO.......GLITTO FORECASTS...WIMMER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED FLOOD IMPACT SECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 144 PM EDT WED OCT 1 2014 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-020000- 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- 144 PM EDT WED OCT 1 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE PENINSULA INTO EVENING. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD BUT A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 45 MPH. .FLOOD IMPACT... HIGH MOISTURE AND A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO METRO ORLANDO AND CLERMONT WILL ALLOW SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INTO EVENING. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH FROM AROUND OKEECHOBEE TO THE TREASURE COAST...BUT SLOWER NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. IN GENERAL...STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF DUMPING ONE INCH OF RAIN...BUT SLOWER MOVING CELLS NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY COULD PRODUCE OVER 2 INCHES. THIS WOULD AGGRAVATE OR CAUSE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS TO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. .RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER AT ASTOR WILL REMAIN JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WITH MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG THE RIVER. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS THAT OCCUR COULD BRING WATER LEVELS TO ACTION STAGE UPSTREAM TO DELAND AND GENEVA. SHINGLE CREEK AT CAMPBELL IS CURRENTLY JUST ABOVE ACTION STAGE AND ADDITIONAL RAINS COULD CONTINUE THE RISE THERE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SHOWERS AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE MAINLAND AND MOVING TOWARD THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 34 KNOTS...ESPECIALLY FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO THE TREASURE COAST. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A LINGERING SWELL WILL KEEP THE RIP CURRENT RISK AT MODERATE... ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OUTGOING TIDE. REMEMBER TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE IN THE OCEAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE WEEK BEFORE A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY BRINGS DRYING LATE SATURDAY. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER TWO INCHES OR OBSERVED FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AT 3 2 1 2 5 5 0 2 1 2. LASCODY/SEDLOCK
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:03 UTC.
2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
FAA personnel at Kissimmee Airport (KISM) observed a funnel cloud west of the airport, moving south. The funnel cloud was associated with a thunderstorm.
A citizen reported a funnel cloud approximately five miles west southwest of Lakewood park, moving east. The funnel cloud was associated with a thunderstorm.
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