000617 -- Case Summary 
Flight Times:  1551 - 1724

There was no attenuation of the 74C radar during this flight.

000617   decayed mid-level maritime debris 

Case 1: (Times: 1604 - 1724)
A small maritime storm just to the east of KSC produced 3 CG flashes
from1405 to 1417. At this time it had radar tops to 14 km with 35 dBZ
extending to 9 km. There were two other somewhat smaller cells to the
west and southwest of the cell with lightning that also contained
reflectivities of 50 dBZ at low altitudes but weaker aloft. The NW cell
did reach ~13 km radar tops but apparently produced no lightning. Then
the cell with lightning collapsed although there may have been some
convective bubbles within the decaying cell. The residual at 6 to 8 km
from this cell slowly drifted to the west and merged with the cell to
the west and by the time the aircraft arrived, it was hard to
distinguish one from another.