000 ACUS72 KMLB 311556 PSHMLB POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE WILMA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1055 AM EDT MON OCT 31 2005 PRELIMINARY REPORT..WILL BE UPDATED COUNTIES INCLUDED...VOLUSIA...LAKE...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA... BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...OKEECHOBEE...ST. LUCIE...MARTIN...PALM BEACH NOTE: ASOS SITES VRB AND FPR FAILED DURING OR PRIOR TO THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. DATA FOR THESE SITES IS INCOMPLETE. A. WIND DATA ASOS.........HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND REPORTED (2-MINUTE AVERAGE) COUNTY.......CITY (SID).........DIR/SPD (KT)...DATE/TIME (UTC) ST. LUCIE....FT. PIERCE (FPR)...320/45.........10/24/05...1606Z INDIAN RIVER.VERO BEACH (VRB)...050/35.........10/24/05...1353Z BREVARD......MELBOURNE (MLB)....330/42.........10/24/05...1600Z ORANGE.......ORLANDO (MCO)......010/35.........10/24/05...1212Z ORANGE.......ORLANDO (ORL)......340/30.........10/24/05...1723Z LAKE.........LEESBURG (LEE).....350/28.........10/24/05...1806Z SEMINOLE.....SANFORD (SFB)......330/28.........10/24/05...1859Z VOLUSIA......DAYTONA BEACH (DAB)330/25.........10/24/05...1857Z ASOS..........HIGHEST GUST REPORTED COUNTY........CITY (SID)........DIR/SPD (KT)...DATE/TIME (UTC) ST. LUCIE.....FT PIERCE (FPR)...320/68.........10/24/05...1604Z INDIAN RIVER.VERO BEACH (VRB)...060/48.........10/24/05...1352Z BREVARD.......MELBOURNE (MLB)...340/52.........10/24/05...1535Z ORANGE........ORLANDO (MCO).....360/42.........10/24/05...1422Z ORANGE........ORLANDO (ORL).....330/43.........10/24/05...1723Z LAKE..........LEESBURG (LEE)....350/35.........10/24/05...1806Z SEMINOLE......SANFORD (SFB).....330/37.........10/24/05...1749Z VOLUSIA.......DAYTONA BEACH(DAB)330/38.........10/24/05...1534Z NASA WIND TOWER (ELEVATED) WINDS CAPE CANAVERAL (BREVARD COUNTY) AIR FORCE STATION MESONET TOWERS TOWER LC39B (28.60N 80.60W AT 60 FEET AGL) HIGHEST SUSTAINED 56 KNOTS AT 1640Z HIGHEST GUST 82 KNOTS AT 1530Z MARINE BUOY 41009 (20 NM E PORT CANAVERAL) WINDS HIGHEST SUSTAINED (DIR/SPD)...340/52 AT 10/24/05...1720Z (8-MIN AVG) HIGHEST GUST (DIR/SPD)........340/68 AT 10/24/05...1720Z MARINE BUOY 41010 (120 NM E PORT CANAVERAL) WINDS HIGHEST SUSTAINED (DIR/SPD)...330/62 AT 10/24/05...2050Z (8-MIN AVG) HIGHEST GUST (DIR/SPD)........330/82 AT 10/24/05...2050Z ADDITIONAL WIND OBSERVATIONS (UNOFFICIAL) COUNTY......LOCATION...........WIND (KT)...........DATE/TIME (UTC) BREVARD.....PATRICK AFB........PEAK WIND..64 KNOTS..10/24/05 1521Z BREVARD.....NWS MELBOURNE......PEAK WIND..67 KNOTS..10/24/05 1607Z BREVARD.....MELBOURNE F.I.T....PEAK WIND..64 KNOTS..10/24/05 1615Z BREVARD.....PALM BAY COOP......PEAK WIND..60 KNOTS..10/24/05 1602Z FLORIDA AUTOMATED WEATHER NETWORK (FAWN) (10 METERS AGL) COUNTY.........CITY..........HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND (DIR/SPD) (KT) ST LUCIE.......FT PIERCE.....325/50 AT 10/24/05...1115Z ORANGE.........APOPKA........295/26 AT 10/24/05...1915Z ORANGE.........AVALON........360/24 AT 10/24/05...0830Z OSCEOLA........KENANSVILLE...335/21 AT 10/24/05...1345Z LAKE...........OKAHUMPKA.....350/17 AT 10/24/05...1230Z VOLUSIA........PIERSON.......350/11 AT 10/24/05...1330Z LAKE...........UMATILLA......080/13 AT 10/24/05...0445Z PALM BEACH.JONATHAN DICKINSON MISSLE TRACKING ANNEX HIGHEST SUSTAINED..71 KNOTS 10/24/05 1310Z HIGHEST GUST.......99 KNOTS 10/24/05 1314Z MARTIN.....STUART SKYWARN SPOTTER 27.13N 80.20W HIGHEST GUST.......94 KNOTS 10/24/05 1419Z MARTIN.....VESSEL ON SOUTH FORK OF ST LUCIE RIVER BOAT MAST ANEMOMETER 35 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL HIGHEST GUST......116 KNOTS 10/24/05 BREVARD....PT CANAVERAL USCG HIGHEST SUSTAINED..45 KNOTS 10/24/05 1500Z HIGHEST GUST.......69 KNOTS 10/24/05 1505Z B. PRESSURE DATA ASOS........LOWEST MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURE REPORTED COUNTY........CITY.................PRES/MB....DATE/TIME (UTC) ST. LUCIE.....FT. PIERCE (FPR).....968.5......10/24/05...1448Z INDIAN RIVER..VERO BEACH (VRB).....975.3......10/24/05...1531Z BREVARD.......MELBOURNE (MLB)......987.1......10/24/05...1520Z ORANGE........ORLANDO (MCO)........994.6......10/24/05...1437Z ORANGE........ORLANDO (ORL)........997.0......10/24/05...1434Z LAKE..........LEESBURG (LEE).......999.0......10/24/05...1846Z SEMINOLE......SANFORD (SFB)........995.9......10/24/05...1820Z VOLUSIA.......DAYTONA BEACH (DAB)..997.3......10/24/05...1857Z BREVARD.......KSC SLF..............992.0......10/24/05...1755Z BREVARD.......PT CANAVERAL USCG....992.0......10/24/05...1600Z MARINE BUOYS LOWEST PRESSURE (MB) 41009......20 E PORT CANAVERAL.....985.2.....10/24/05...1720Z 41010.....120 E PORT CANAVERAL.....969.5.....10/24/05...1950Z ADDITIONAL PRESSURE OBSERVATIONS (UNOFFICIAL) MARTIN.....VESSEL ON SOUTH FORK OF ST LUCIE RIVER 992.0.....10/24/05 C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL ASOS/COOP RAINFALL COUNTY..........LOCATION.............TOTAL RAINFALL (IN) ST. LUCIE.......FT. PIERCE ARPT......5.47 ST. LUCIE.......FT. PIERCE COOP......6.02 INDIAN RIVER....VERO BEACH ARPT......5.53 BREVARD.........PALM BAY COOP........5.47 BREVARD.........MELBOURNE ARPT.......4.25 BREVARD.........MELBOURNE NWS COOP...4.96 BREVARD.........SCOTTSMORR COOP......6.37 BREVARD.........TITUSVILLE COOP......6.90 OSCEOLA.........KISSIMMEE COOP.......4.73 ORANGE..........ORLANDO INTL.........5.17 ORANGE..........ORLANDO EXECUTIVE....3.88 ORANGE..........ORLANDO EAST COOP....4.61 ORANGE..........PLYMOUTH COOP........3.81 LAKE............CLERMONT COOP........3.82 LAKE............LEESBURG ARPT........4.88 LAKE............LISBON...............5.03 SEMINOLE........SANFORD ARPT.........3.59 SEMINOLE........SANFORD COOP.........3.22 VOLUSIA.........DELAND COOP..........3.18 VOLUSIA.........PONCE INLET COOP.....3.07 VOLUSIA.........DAYTONA BEACH ARPT...4.82(E) COUNTY...LOCATION....................TOTAL RAINFALL (IN) BREVARD..KSC SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY............10.78 BREVARD..KENNEDY SPACE CENTER JUST NORTH OF TTS..13.26* BREVARD..PATRICK AFB..............................6.95 *HIGHEST AMOUNT AT KSC. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS (UNOFFICIAL) COUNTY.........CITY..........RAINFALL (IN) BREVARD.......GRANT............5.99 BREVARD.......MELBOURNE BEACH..5.14 FLORIDA AUTOMATED WEATHER NETWORK (FAWN) COUNTY.........CITY..........RAINFALL (IN) ST LUCIE.......FT PIERCE.......6.09 ORANGE.........APOPKA..........9.35 ORANGE.........AVALON..........3.25 OSCEOLA........KENANSVILLE.....5.64 LAKE...........OKAHUMPKA.......5.33 VOLUSIA........PIERSON.........2.80 LAKE...........UMATILLA........4.29 D. STORM TIDES AND HEIGHTS AT THIS TIME THE ONLY STORM SURGE INFO AVAILABLE WAS FROM A VESSEL OWNER WHO WITNESSED A 6 FOOT RISE INSIDE THE ST. LUCIE INLET. E. BEACH AND INTRACOASTAL EROSION HURRICANE WILMA PRODUCED A BRIEF PERIOD OF ONSHORE WINDS FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTH WINDS ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN CAPE CANAVERAL AND JUPITER INLET. BEACH EROSION VALUES RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 FEET. F. FLOODING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM HURRICANE WILMA FELL ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD AND NORTHEAST OSCEOLA COUNTIES. NASA GAUGES REPORTED 10 TO 13 INCHES OF RAIN. ABOUT 200 HOMES WERE FLOODED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY OF COCOA AND WEST MELBOURNE. TWELVE HOMES WERE ALSO FLOODED IN ST. CLOUD. G. TORNADOES TORNADO-F0 10/23/05 2030 EST: A LONG LIVED TROPICAL RAIN BAND MESOCYCLONE MOVED UP THE WESTERN BORDER OF BREVARD COUNTY AND PRODUCED A BRIEF F0 TORNADO IN NORTH ROCKLEDGE AND SOUTH COCOA. THE TORNADO DESTROYED A SMALL PORCH AT A RESTAURANT AND DAMAGED THE ROOF OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING. JUST NORTH OF THE AREA POWER TRANSFORMERS WERE DESTROYED ON US HIGHWAY 520 WEST OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND DESTROYED POWER TRANSFORMERS ON NORTH MERRITT ISLAND ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 520. TORNADO-F1 10/24/05 0635 EST: A RAINBAND MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD THE BREVARD COAST PRODUCED AN F1 TORNADO THAT DESTROYED A BEACH FRONT HOME ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. THE TORNADO REMOVED THE UPPER FLOOR OF A HOUSE THAT WAS BUILD OVER A GROUND LEVEL GARAGE. THE ONLY OCCUPANT WAS A WOMAN WHO ESCAPED SERIOUS INJURY. TORNADO-F0 10/24/05 0640 EST: THE SAME MESOCYCLONE CONTINUED NORTHWEST AND BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN PALM BAY. WITNESSES OBSERVED IT STRIKING POWER TRANSFORMERS. TORNADO-F1 10/24/05 0650 EST: THE THIRD TOUCHDOWN OF THIS LONG TRACK MESOCYCLONE WAS AN F1 TORNADO IN WEST MELBOURNE. THE TORNADO DESTROYED A LARGE SECTION OF AN APARTMENT ROOF, OVERTURNED A CAR AND DAMAGED TWO OTHERS. IT BLEW DOWN FENCES AND TREES. EFFECTS...DAMAGE AND IMPACTS BY COUNTY. VOLUSIA COUNTY...THE ROOF OF ONE HOME AND A HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN DAYTONA BEACH SHORES. A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN. BREVARD...MINOR WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY RECEIVED FROM 10 TO 13 INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS. NUMEROUS HOMES HAD FLOOD WATER SEEPING INTO THEM FROM WEST MELBOURNE NORTH TO COCOA AND MIMS. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...MINOR WIND DAMAGE WAS REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER WAS BLOWN DOWN DAMAGING THE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. ST. LUCIE COUNTY...THE EYEWALL OF HURRICANE WILMA PASSED JUST SOUTH OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY. THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRED AS THE WINDS BACKED TO THE NORTH WITH WILMA JUST OFFSHORE TO THE EAST. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 100 PLUS MPH OCCURRED ALONG THE BEACHES. INLAND WIND ESTIMATES WERE NEAR 70 TO 80 MPH. AT LEAST TWO MOBILE HOMES IN THE SPANISH LAKES COMMUNITY WERE DESTROYED WITH WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS AND SCREEN ENCLOSURES. A MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELD WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AS WAS THE ROOF OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY CIVIC CENTER. MARTIN COUNTY... UNABLE TO REACH COUNTY OFFICIALS AT THIS TIME. OKEECHOBEE COUNTY... THE STRONGEST WINDS IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY WERE OUT OF THE NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHWEST AS HURRICANE WILMA PASSED TO THE EAST. WIND SPEEDS IN THE 70S TO UPPER 80S WERE RECORDED BUT MOST WIND EQUIPMENT FAILED BEFORE RECORDING THE MAXIMUM WIND IN THE HURRICANE. MOST DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY AND AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. ABOUT 800 RESIDENCES WERE DAMAGED. OF THESE TWENTY NINE WERE DESTROYED AND 114 RECEIVED MAJOR DAMAGE. THE OKEECHOBEE CITY WATER PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IN LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THREE HANGERS WERE DESTROYED AND 2 SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE AT OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT. TWO AIRPLANES WERE OVERTURNED. FIFTY COVERED BOAT SLIPS WERE DESTROYED AND 12 BOATS WERE DAMAGED OR SUNK. LAKE COUNTY... NONE ORANGE COUNTY... NONE SEMINOLE COUNTY... NONE OSCEOLA COUNTY.... HEAVY RAINS FLOODED 12 HOMES IN ST. CLOUD. ONE MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED IN KISSIMMEE. NUMEROUS HOMES AND MOBILE HOMES SUFFERED MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO AWNINGS AND PORCHES. $$ DECKER/CARTWRIGHT