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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 5, 2011Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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: Sep 5, 2011, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2011, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 Sep 5, 9:35 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 9:35 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 10:54 AM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:06 PM EDT, 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
306 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

FLZ041-044>046-141-144-052000-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
306 PM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

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

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.

AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER APOPKA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE DE BARY...DELTONA...DELAND AND WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK.

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 2896 8164 2932 8166 2938 8145 2934 8141
      2927 8141 2926 8134 2924 8132 2862 8096
      2861 8097 2860 8095 2859 8095 2856 8156
      2877 8196 2895 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 206DEG 23KT 2866 8152

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 3:07 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
Sep 4, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	56 min
Sep 5, 4:02 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MLB	Volusia	16 hr
Sep 5, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake, Seminole	54 min
Sep 5, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		112 min
Sep 5, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Saint Lucie	65 min
Sep 5, 4:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	44 min
Sep 5, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2011 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.