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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 21, 2011Martin County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 21, 2011, 12:03 PM EST for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2011, 12:03 PM EST (17:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2011, 1:00 PM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Martin County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, 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 this special weather statement went out at Jan 21, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 11:12 AM EST, 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1112 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2011

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-212100-
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-
1112 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A PRE FRONTAL BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP
SOUTH OF THE TREASURE COAST THIS AFTERNOON.  THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCAL HEAVY DOWNPOURS

...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
ISOLATED STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE SOUTH OF FORT PIERCE INLET COULD
PRODUCE GUSTS AROUND 30 KNOTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE BEHIND A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...MAINLY FROM CAPE CANAVERAL NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...
THEN ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WATERS THIS EVENING. SMALL CRAFT
OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OFFSHORE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. BOATING
CONDITIONS WILL FURTHER DETERIORATE ON SATURDAY AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH
WINDS INCREASE DUE TO LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS.
THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED FIRE WEATHER CONCERN THIS WEEKEND WITH A
DRIER AIR MASS MOVING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM DEVELOPING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BRING A
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.

LASCODY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 12:03 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1203 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2011

FLZ058-059-064-211800-
MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-
1203 PM EST FRI JAN 21 2011

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH OVER MARTIN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE
COUNTY...SOUTHERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 100 PM EST.

AT NOON EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
INDIANTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE NORTH RIVER SHORES...PORT SAINT LUCIE RIVER PARK AND SAINT
LUCIE WEST.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS OR CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE
STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 2700 8063 2711 8067 2716 8073 2719 8078
      2723 8079 2738 8029 2735 8027 2739 8027
      2739 8025 2720 8016 2717 8016 2716 8019
      2715 8015 2704 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 254DEG 27KT 2717 8066

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 2:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola86 min
Jan 21, 2:36 PM ESTFire Weather WatchMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia15 hr
Jan 21, 3:25 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB37 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.