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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2012, 1:58 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2012, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Lake County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 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 Aug 16, 10:14 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:14 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 11:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1120 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-162000- 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- 1120 AM EDT THU AUG 16 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY CAUSED EARLIER INITIATION OF STORMS ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE TODAY. THIS IS USUALLY INDICATIVE OF EARLIER STORM FORMATION ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TOO...THOUGH SOME MID TO HIGH LEVEL DEBRIS CLOUDINESS COULD ALSO PUSH ACROSS AND SOMEWHAT LIMIT COVERAGE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR WHEN THE EAST AND WEST COAST BOUNDARIES INTERACT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR THIS SHOULD BE FROM THE INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR TO NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH STRONGER STORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. .FLOOD IMPACT... A FEW SLOW MOVING...STRONG STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCAL 3 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. CONSIDERABLE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER POORLY DRAINED AREAS IS POSSIBLE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 10 MPH MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 34 KNOTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. BOATERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF STORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST...WHICH MAY INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AS THEY INTERACT WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK...FOCUSING SCATTERED STORMS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PENINSULA EACH AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. RL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:58 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
158 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2012
FLZ044-045-144-161845-
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
158 PM EDT THU AUG 16 2012
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH OVER LAKE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE
COUNTY...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.
AT 153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM EASTERN
MARION COUNTY TO NEAR THE VILLAGES AND INTO SUMTER COUNTY...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
INCLUDE LAKE GEORGE AND LAKE HARRIS.
THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. BOATERS CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS WAVE
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ON AREA LAKES AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
LAT...LON 2896 8196 2897 8166 2905 8166 2905 8164
2927 8164 2921 8162 2920 8160 2920 8156
2917 8152 2890 8150 2851 8169 2854 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 276DEG 14KT 2927 8188 2895 8188
2865 8205
RLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 114 min |
| Aug 15, 8:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 8:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Seminole | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 108 min | |
| Aug 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 16, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Brevard | 112 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 45 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.