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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 11:03 PM EDT for Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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
- May 22, 2012, 11:03 PM EDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 May 22, 3:09 PM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:09 PM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 11:14 AM EDT, 11 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1114 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-230315- 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- 1114 AM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS LIMITED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...VERY WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND COLD UPPER LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE DRY AIR WILL LIMIT COVERAGE OF STORMS THROUGH THE DAY...THOUGH SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE ACROSS OKEECHOBEE AND THE TREASURE COAST WILL LEAD TO SLIGHTLY HIGHER COVERAGE. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS OKEECHOBEE...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE INTERACTS WITH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE BOUNDARY. DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND STORMS FURTHER NORTH IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING WHEN A COLLISION BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES OCCURS OVER THE ORLANDO METRO. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THOUGH STORM COVERAGE WILL BE LIMITED TODAY...ANY STORMS THAT INITIATE WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING STRONG TO SEVERE AND PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESSIVE OF 50 MPH...AND COIN SIZED HAIL. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY BY EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE INTERACTION OF THE EAST COAST AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE SEA BREEZES. MORE ISOLATED ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP FURTHER NORTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH THE COLLISION OF THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE EAST OVER THE INTRACOASTAL AND LOCAL ATLANTIC AT AROUND 15 KNOTS. .FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS...MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 4. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH FIRE DANGER THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... EAST SWELLS IMPACTING THE BEACHES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG PIERS AND JETTIES. LONGSHORE CURRENTS WILL REMAIN STRONGER THAN NORMAL. CHECK WITH THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL ABOUT SURF ZONE HAZARDS. ONLY SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. DRIER AIR WILL KEEP HIGHEST STORM CHANCES CONFINED TO AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE TREASURE COAST THROUGH MIDWEEK. INCREASING CHANCES FOR STORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT NORTHWARD DURING THE LATE PART OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. A LINGERING LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL KEEP AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. SEDLOCK/MOSES
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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.