Lightning associated with thunderstorms developing along the east coast sea breeze injured a boy fishing in the water at Daytona Beach Shores.
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Lightning associated with thunderstorms developing along the east coast sea breeze injured a boy fishing in the water at Daytona Beach Shores.
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 Jun 9, 9:20 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1020 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015 .DISCUSSION... AN H85-H30 SHORT WAVE TROF EXTENDING FM HUDSON BAY TO THE MOUTH OF THE MS RIVER WILL KEEP THE ATLC RIDGE AXIS SUPPRESSED OVER THE FL STRAITS. RESULTING LOW/MID LVL FLOW WILL BE W/SW...A REGIME THAT FAVORS THE ERN FL PENINSULA FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION. MORNING RAOBS SHOW PWAT VALUES HAVE CREPT UP TO ARND 1.7" ACRS THE PENINSULA WITH WRLY FLOW PREVAILING THRU THE H100-H50 LYR. KXMR SHOWING A SLUG OF DRY AIR THRU THE H70-H50 LYR...BUT THIS DIMINISHES NOTICEABLY ON THE UPSTREAM KTBW RAOB. RESPECTABLE AMOUNT OF DRY AIR ABV H50 WILL ADD TO THE OVERALL INSTABILITY. NO MEANINGFUL CAPS THRU THE H100-H70 LYR ON EITHER KXMR/KTBW SOUNDINGS BEYOND THE SFC INVERSION...SHOULD SEE DIURNAL CONVECTION INITIATE ONCE THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DVLPS AND TEMPS REACH THEIR CONVECTIVE TRIGGERS (M80S). ALOFT...W/SW H85-H50 STEERING WINDS ARND 5KTS WILL RESULT IN SLOW STORM MOTIONS TO THE E...WHICH IN TURN WILL ALLOW STORMS TO PRODUCE LCL HVY RAIN. H50 TEMPS ARND -8C SUGGEST SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH SFC G40-50KTS ONCE THE SEA BREEZES MERGE...BUT JUST A LITTLE ON THE WARM SIDE FOR SVR WX. FURTHERMORE...UPR LVL ANALYSIS REVEALS A CLOSED H30-H20 CIRCULATION N OF THE BAHAMAS...PLACING THE FL PENINSULA ON THE DESCENDING FLANK OF THIS LCL WX FEATURE. MID LVL VORT FIELDS ARE RATHER FLAT AS WELL...LEAVING ANY CONVECTION TO RELY SOLELY ON DIURNAL HEATING AND MESOSCALE BOUNDARY INTERACTION. WITH EARLY CONVECTIVE INITIATION THERE WILL BE LITTLE TO NO OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LCL AIRMASS TO STORE UP ANY ENERGY. WITH NO SIG MID/UPR LVL DYNAMIC SUPPORT...STORMS SHOULD BURN UP THE AVAILABLE ENERGY BY SUNSET AND DISSIPATE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WL KEEP A SCT MENTION UNTIL THE LATE EVENING HOURS. && .AVIATION...THRU 10/12Z PREVAILING VFR CONDS THROUGH 09/17Z WITH LCL MVFR CIGS BTWN FL020-030 CSTL SITES...S/SW WINDS 4-7MPH BCMG E/SE 8-12KTS CSTL SITES WITH THE FORMATION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. BTWN 09/17Z- 09/21Z...SCT/NMRS MVFR SHRAS/SCT IFR TSRAS DVLPG MVG E/NE 5-10KTS... PREVAILING CIGS BTWN FL060-080. BTWN 09/21Z-09/24Z...E/W COAST SEABREEZE MERGER VCNTY OF KDAB-KOBE WITH SCT LIFR +TSRAS DVLPG AND MVG E/NE ARND 10KTS...LCL WND G30-40KTS. BTWN 10/00Z-10/02Z...CHC MVFR SHRAS/SLGT CHC IFR TSRAS...PREVAILING CIGS BTWN FL100-120. AFT 10/02Z...PREVAILING VFR. && .MARINE... LIGHT TO GENTLE S/SW BREEZE ACRS THE LCL ATLC THIS MRNG DUE TO A SFC/LOW LVL HI PRES RIDGE OVER THE FL STRAITS. WINDS BCMG S/SE BY MIDDAY WITH THE FORMATION OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. SEAS 2-3FT NEARSHORE AND 3-4FT OFFSHORE...MAINLY IN A NERLY SWELL WITH DOMINANT PDS ARND 9SEC. SCT TSRAS MVG OFFSHORE N OF SEBASTIAN INLET LATE AFTN/EARLY EVNG. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SHORT TERM/LONG TERM.......BRAGAW AVIATION/RADAR/IMPACT WX...ULRICH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1000 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-092200- FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20 NM-VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM- SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20-60 NM-VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60 NM- SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY- NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 427 AM EDT TUE JUN 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... INCREASED MOISTURE AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL PRODUCE HIGHER SHOWER AND STORM COVERAGE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. INITIAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INCREASES INLAND LATER TODAY. STORMS WILL REACH MAXIMUM STRENGTH ALONG AND WEST OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND LOCAL WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. .FLOOD IMPACT... SLOW STORM MOTION OF 10 MPH OR LESS WILL RESULT IN LOCAL HEAVY RAIN LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. AREAS MOST PRONE TO NUISANCE FLOODING INCLUDE LAKE...WEST ORANGE...AND WEST OSCEOLA COUNTIES. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... OCEAN CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE AN ELEVATED TO MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST BEFORE 11 AM AND ONCE AGAIN AFTER 5 PM THROUGH DARK DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS OF THE TREASURE COAST ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AS IT DRIFTS INLAND. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL AFFECT INTERIOR LAKES AND WATERWAYS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS... ESPECIALLY THOSE WEST OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE...AS THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES INTERACT. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 10 KNOTS OR LESS. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS OVER 35 KNOTS. BOATERS ARE REMINDED THAT GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS CAN PROPAGATE FAR FROM THE PARENT STORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. PENDERGRAST/ULRICH
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:59 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
An eleven year old boy from Georgia was struck by lightning while fishing in the ocean in waist deep water. The boy was transported to a nearby hospital and admitted in serious condition. After several days in the hospital, he was released to a rehabilitation center and was recovering.
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