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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT for Brevard County, Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 7, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
350
WWUS82 KMLB 072004
SPSMLB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
404 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
FLZ045-047-053-054-147-072045-
INDIAN RIVER-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN BREVARD
COUNTY-
404 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH OVER BREVARD COUNTY...INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
AT 358 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM 5 MILES
WEST OF TO PALM BAY AND DEER PARK. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY THROUGH 5PM.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45...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 2765 8111 2854 8108 2855 8056 2845 8052
2842 8057 2836 8060 2813 8057 2775 8038
2762 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 180DEG 0KT 2787 8042
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 55 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.