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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at May 14, 2014, 4:02 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
- May 14, 2014, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Lake County, FL
The radar
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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 May 14, 3:14 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 3:14 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:31 AM EDT, 11 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 431 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-142100- 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- 431 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... BREEZY ONSHORE FLOW WILL BRING SCATTERED ATLANTIC SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AND ISOLATED STORM OR TWO ONTO THE COAST THROUGH THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE INTERIOR. THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL MOVE INLAND THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND ISOLATED STORM DEVELOPMENT...MAINLY AWAY FROM THE COAST. CELL MOVEMENT WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. LATER TONIGHT ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHER PRECIPITATION CHANCES ALONG THE COAST WHERE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE GREATEST. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST. .HIGH WIND IMPACT... EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE SPACE AND TREASURE COASTS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT HERE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ELSEWHERE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... THERE WILL BE A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. IN ADDITION TO RIP CURRENTS...AN EAST-SOUTHEAST WIND OF AROUND 20 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SPACE COAST AND TREASURE COAST BEACHES...WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT NORTHWARD FLOWING CURRENT. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST INTO DEEP WATER..REMAIN CALM AND DO NOT SWIM DIRECTLY BACK AGAINST THE CURRENT. SIGNAL FOR HELP AND TRY TO SWIM AT AN ANGLE TO THE CURRENT AND BACK TO SHORE. AVOID SWIMMING NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE SEAWARD FLOWING RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG. BEACHGOERS SHOULD CHECK WITH THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL WHEN ARRIVING AT THE BEACH. SWIM ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL BUILD SEAS TO 4 TO 6 FEET ACROSS MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. DEEP MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH A FRONT THAT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON FRIDAY. HIGHER SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH BREEZY FLOW AND CHOPPY SEAS ACROSS MARINE AREAS. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY THE WEEKEND AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF FLORIDA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. SEDLOCK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:02 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:28 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | 17 hr | |
| May 14, 3:08 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 3 days |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.