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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 6, 2012Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2012, 10:46 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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: Jun 6, 2012, 10:46 AM EDT (14:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:46 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 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.

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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 Jun 6, 9:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 5:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:32 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 6:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 7:33 AM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:46 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1046 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

FLZ041-044-046-141-061545-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY-SEMINOLE-
1046 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH OVER EASTERN LAKE COUNTY...NORTHERN SEMINOLE
COUNTY...VOLUSIA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT.

AT 1042 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM WEKIVA SPRINGS
NORTHWARD INTO INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG
WINDS INCLUDE DAYTONA BEACH...DELAND...ORANGE CITY...AND DEBARY.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 50 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 2908 8093 2907 8090 2884 8076 2885 8081
      2883 8080 2864 8146 2871 8146 2876 8141
      2878 8142 2879 8146 2881 8146 2938 8146
      2939 8144 2938 8142 2927 8141 2927 8116
      2941 8116 2943 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 1443Z 236DEG 25KT 2894 8132

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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 5, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake, Seminole, Volusia	57 min
Jun 6, 5:32 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	88 min
Jun 6, 5:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	54 min
Jun 6, 6:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		84 min
Jun 6, 6:18 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	42 min
Jun 6, 10:40 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		95 min
Jun 6, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	37 min
Jun 6, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jun 6, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	61 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	40 min
Jun 6, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	39 min
Jun 6, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	48 min
Jun 6, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		114 min
Jun 6, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	49 min
Jun 6, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		60 min
Jun 6, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	28 min
Jun 6, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	38 min
Jun 6, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	46 min
Jun 6, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		42 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.