Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2014

Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 11, 2014Orange County, Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jan 11, 2014, 8:29 PM EST for Orange County, Seminole 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
Jan 11, 2014, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 11, 2014, 9:30 PM EST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 2014-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
834 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 Jan 11, 4:00 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 4:00 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 6:08 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
608 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-121200-
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-
608 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE GULF
OF MEXICO WILL PUSH ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS EVENING INTO
TONIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF ORLANDO AND CAPE CANAVERAL WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH BEING THE
PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY PUSH OFFSHORE MAINLY NORTH OF THE CAPE
THIS EVENING. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO
35 MPH WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A THREAT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS.

.WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS WITH
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.
SEAS WILL BE UP TO 7 FEET. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
NEARSHORE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
A BRIEF SURGE OF NORTH WINDS IS EXPECTED EARLY SUNDAY BEHIND THE
FRONT. WINDS WILL QUICKLY TURN SOUTHERLY MONDAY FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND TUESDAY WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE A
PERIOD OF STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW. SUCH A PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN
WITH FAST MOVING SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE RATHER POOR BOATING
CONDITIONS.

DRIER AIR IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE LOW RH VALUES NEAR 35 PERCENT
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

KELLY/ULRICH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 6:30 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
630 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

FLZ041-044>046-141-144-120030-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE
COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
630 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH OVER LAKE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE
COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY...AND VOLUSIA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 730 PM EST.

AT 625 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS APPROACHING
THE WESTERN EDGES OF LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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 2896 8196 2897 8166 2905 8166 2905 8164
      2928 8165 2932 8168 2940 8143 2927 8141
      2927 8116 2941 8116 2943 8110 2943 8109
      2908 8093 2907 8090 2903 8089 2887 8078
      2854 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 247DEG 42KT 2889 8172

ULRICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 7:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Volusia61 min
Jan 11, 7:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange, Seminole62 min
Jan 11, 7:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB80 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.