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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 8, 2011Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2011, 3:21 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 8, 2011, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1126 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
822 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

081 
WWUS82 KMLB 081921 CCA
SPSMLB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR WORDING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
321 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

FLZ053-082000-
OSCEOLA-
321 PM EDT MON AUG 8 2011

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.

AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE
MARIAN...DRIFTING EAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE KISSIMMEE...LAKE MARIAN AND KENANSVILLE ARE 
STILL SUSCEPTIBLE TO CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES EVEN THOUGH 
THIS STORM COMPLEX IS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT 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 2791 8087 2783 8087 2782 8088 2765 8088
      2764 8093 2764 8114 2769 8116 2771 8115
      2772 8117 2776 8118 2783 8122 2785 8128
      2786 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 270DEG 11KT 2779 8104

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange, Seminole, Volusia89 min
Aug 8, 1:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB103 min
Aug 8, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB75 min
Aug 8, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler41 min
Aug 8, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB51 min
Aug 8, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola43 min
Aug 8, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River42 min
Aug 8, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola36 min
Aug 8, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB85 min
Aug 8, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.