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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 2, 2012Indian River County, Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT for Indian River County, Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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: Jul 2, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Indian River County, FL, Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 1335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 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 Jul 2, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 11:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1130 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-022100-
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-
1130 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE AT AREA BEACHES TODAY DUE
TO TIDAL CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FULL MOON. REMEMBER TO
SWIM ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD...AND NEVER SWIM ALONE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE TO AROUND 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON
THROUGH MID WEEK.

ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN
INTERIOR OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA BY LATE AFTERNOON...WITH COVERAGE
BECOMING SCATTERED ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION BY LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

MOSES/CRISTALDI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
359 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

FLZ054-059-064-022100-
INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-ST. LUCIE-
359 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY...EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...EASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY...

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT.

AT 352 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER PALM
CITY...THAT IS NEARLY STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE
DEVELOPING ALONG INTERSTATE 95 ACROSS INDIAN RIVER AND SAINT LUCIE
COUNTIES.

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 2701 8011 2700 8042 2770 8062 2775 8042
      2746 8030 2743 8031 2745 8030 2742 8029
      2742 8031 2739 8029 2740 8027 2738 8029
      2735 8027 2737 8026 2733 8026 2723 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 000DEG 5KT 2718 8032

WEITLICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 4:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin	79 min
Jul 2, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin	32 min
Jul 2, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	64 min
Jul 2, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Volusia	62 min
Jul 2, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	87 min
Jul 2, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	44 min

Nearby

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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.