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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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 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
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</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
ULRICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 7:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 61 min |
| Jan 11, 7:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 7:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 80 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.