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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 25, 2011, 9:31 PM EST for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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 25, 2011, 9:31 PM EST (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2011, 10:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1046 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 25, 9:03 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 9:03 PM EST, 28 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 220 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-252300- 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- 220 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT NEAR SHORE WATERS THROUGH 900 PM EST... .DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A SQUALL LINE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AT MID AFTERNOON WILL ADVANCE QUICKLY EASTWARD INTO THIS EVENING. THE SQUALL LINE SHOULD REACH NORTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EARLY THIS EVENING THEN PUSH THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH BOW ECHOS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUES WITH THIS SQUALL LINE. STORM MOTION WILL BE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ADDITIONALLY...CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SCATTERED STORMS TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AHEAD OF THE SQUALL LINE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTE HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE A MORE SIGNIFICANT THREAT FOR SUPERCELLS AN ISOLATED LARGE LONG TRACK TORNADOES. AREAS NEAR THE EAST COAST WILL HAVE ENHANCED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND SHEAR DUE TO SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN GOOD WORKING ORDER... WITH FRESH BATTERIES IN CASE OF A POWER FAILURE. HAVING A NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALERT YOU OF AN APPROACHING TORNADO...ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT...HAS SAVED LIVES. ...FLOOD IMPACT... PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUT ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. ...HIGH WIND IMPACT... STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CREATE ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A FEW STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS OR GREATER MAY PUSH OFFSHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LATER TONIGHT...A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH OFFSHORE WITH A GREATER THREAT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS...AND POSSIBLY HIGHER. INDIVIDUAL STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. ...WATERSPOUT IMPACT... MARINE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADIC WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE GULF STREAM. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS TODAY...VEERING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST TONIGHT WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO GALE FORCE OFFSHORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH IT WILL TURN COLDER BEHIND THE FRONT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... FORMAL ACTIVATION IS LIKELY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MAY NEED A PCARS RADIO OPERATOR. KELLY/GLITTO
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 41 min |
| Jan 25, 7:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Osceola | 53 min |
| Jan 25, 7:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 50 min |
| Jan 25, 8:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 56 min |
| Jan 25, 8:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 63 min |
| Jan 25, 8:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 118 min | |
| Jan 25, 8:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 54 min |
| Jan 26, 4:12 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.