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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2012, 2:20 PM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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 16, 2012, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMIA), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 557 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 16, 9:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 9:37 AM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1138 AM EDT MON JUL 16 2012 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-162130- 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- 1138 AM EDT MON JUL 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY AND IN VARIABLE DIRECTIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. WHILE THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STORMS FROM BREVARD AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES NORTHWARD WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MANY MILES OUTSIDE OF ITS PARENT STORM...EVEN IF NO CLOUDS ARE OVERHEAD. IF THUNDER IS HEARD...CEASE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. .FLOOD IMPACT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. STORM MOTION WILL BE VARIABLE IN DIRECTION AND BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. DUE TO THEIR SLOW MOVEMENT...THEY WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL IMPACT THE EAST FLORIDA COAST TODAY... RESULTING IN A MODERATE RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG AREA BEACHES. THE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST THROUGH 4:00 PM DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. BE SURE TO SWIM IN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND ALWAYS CHECK SURF CONDITIONS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...STAY CALM AND SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL ITS GRIP RELEASES AND THEN SWIM BACK TO SHORE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH MIDWEEK BEFORE SHIFTING NORTH. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HIGHER STORM COVERAGE OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDWEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. BOWEN/BRAGAW
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
220 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
FLZ064-161900-
MARTIN-
220 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH OVER SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.
AT 217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER JOHNATHAN DICKINSON
STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK AND JUPITER ISLAND.
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 2696 8025 2704 8029 2712 8014 2703 8009
2697 8007 2697 8014 2695 8015 2695 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 247DEG 4KT 2699 8016
BOWENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 49 min |
| Jul 16, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange | 2 hr |
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Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2012Every 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.