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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 26, 2012Indian River County, Okeechobee County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2012, 10:31 AM EDT for Indian River County, Okeechobee County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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 26, 2012, 10:31 AM EDT (14:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2012, 11:15 AM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Indian River County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 26, 9:41 AM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 9:41 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 9:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
649 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

FLZ053-058-261200-
OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-
649 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

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

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT.

AT 649 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
FAST MOVING BAND OF SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS
FROM 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE KISSIMMEE TO 37 MILES WEST OF
BASINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG
WIND GUSTS INCLUDE HARMONY...HOLOPAW...LAKE MARIAN...KENANSVILLE...
YEEHAW JUNCTION...AND BASINGER.

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 2723 8099 2729 8100 2733 8105 2736 8104
      2738 8111 2749 8121 2755 8121 2760 8114
      2771 8115 2783 8122 2786 8131 2792 8132
      2796 8136 2835 8120 2834 8087 2764 8088
      2764 8085 2717 8084 2715 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1047Z 219DEG 32KT 2776 8140 2764 8137
          2755 8141 2728 8155

CRISTALDI

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 7:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
755 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-147-261245-
INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-ST. LUCIE-
755 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH OVER SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY...EASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...EASTERN OSCEOLA
COUNTY...ST. LUCIE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT.

AT 754 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM 10 MILES
WEST OF COCOA TO 13 MILES WEST OF OKEECHOBEE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE FOUR
SEASONS ESTATES...LAKEWOOD PARK...MELBOURNE BEACH AND MICCO.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE 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.

LAT...LON 2699 8062 2710 8067 2718 8075 2720 8080
      2715 8087 2720 8093 2834 8100 2838 8066
      2836 8064 2835 8064 2833 8065 2839 8059
      2826 8060 2809 8056 2775 8038 2705 8010
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 290DEG 34KT 2811 8086 2730 8098

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 9:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 10:31 AM 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
Jun 25, 8:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	57 min
Jun 26, 6:49 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee, Osceola	71 min
Jun 26, 7:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	50 min
Jun 26, 8:39 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	MLB	Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	11 hr
Jun 26, 9:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Saint Lucie	56 min
Jun 26, 4:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	48 min
Jun 26, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		89 min
Jun 26, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	49 min
Jun 26, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	39 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.