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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 26, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 26, 9:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 9:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 957 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-261900- 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- 957 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EASTWARDS ACROSS THE PENINSULA WITH THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SOUTHWARDS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL INCREASE ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS BOTH THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE INTERACT WITH OTHER BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 35 KNOTS OR GREATER ALONG WITH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL AFFECT INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS BY THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...MOVING OFF THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS OF VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW STRONGER STORMS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST TO NORTHEAST BY MID AFTERNOON. STORM COVERAGE WILL DECREASE SLIGHTLY BY THURSDAY INTO LATE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. PENDERGRAST/MOSES
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
243 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
FLZ045-053-261945-
ORANGE-OSCEOLA-
243 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2011
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN UP TO 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER CENTRAL ORANGE
COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
AT 241 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER WEST LAKE
TOHO...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE KISSIMMEE...CAMPBELL...ORLANDO...PINE CASTLE
AND POINCIANA PLACE.
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.
LAT...LON 2859 8157 2853 8107 2807 8122 2812 8146
2814 8146 2814 8152 2814 8153 2820 8153
2825 8156 2826 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 200DEG 15KT 2822 8142
MOSESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 83 min | |
| Jul 26, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 60 min |
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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.