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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 18, 2011Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2011, 4:53 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 82 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2011, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 82 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Osceola County, FL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 18, 2:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 2:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 10:30 AM EDT, 6 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:22 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:45 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0405 PM     TSTM WND GST     TITUSVILLE              28.59N 80.82W
06/18/2011  M58 MPH          BREVARD            FL   AWOS

            KTIX AWOS MEASURED A 50 KT/58 MPH WIND GUST.

&&

JRC

Local storm report, Jun 18, 4:48 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:49 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
449 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

FLZ141-182130-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-
449 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH OVER NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.

AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER ORMOND BEACH...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 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.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR ORMOND BEACH WITH THIS
STORM.

LAT...LON 2939 8107 2932 8104 2929 8103 2925 8100
      2913 8095 2917 8120 2927 8119 2927 8115
      2940 8115
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 286DEG 10KT 2929 8104

KELLY

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:51 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	60 min
Jun 17, 8:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	2 hr
Jun 17, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	49 min
Jun 18, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Flagler	45 min
Jun 18, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	38 min
Jun 18, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	41 min
Jun 18, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		114 min
Jun 18, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	39 min
Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Volusia	44 min
Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	43 min
Jun 18, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Volusia	37 min
Jun 18, 5:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Volusia	46 min
Jun 18, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River	57 min
Jun 18, 5:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Volusia	51 min
Jun 18, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Volusia	64 min
Jun 18, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	47 min
Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole	117 min
Jun 18, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	57 min
Jun 18, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola, Seminole	62 min
Jun 18, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	53 min
Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	50 min
Jun 18, 7:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Seminole	38 min
Jun 18, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	46 min
Jun 18, 7:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Seminole	112 min
Jun 18, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		111 min

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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.