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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 24, 2014Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 24, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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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 Jun 24, 4:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 4:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 11:07 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1107 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-242200-
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-
1107 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SOUTHWEST STEERING WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON
INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. A FEW
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL
BE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 OR 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES IN A 60 TO 90 MINUTE PERIOD. LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS CAN
PRODUCE FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MINOR DAMAGE AND OR HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS.

PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO HEAD INDOORS IF SKIES LOOK
THREATENING. DONT WAIT UNTIL THE ONSET OF RAINFALL BEFORE SEEKING
SHELTER. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE MILES AWAY FROM AN APPROACHING STORM.

.RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
LINGERING LONG PERIOD SWELL COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING LOW
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WILL RESULT IN A LOW TO MODERATE THREAT FOR RIP
CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. CHECK WITH THE BEACH PATROL FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OCEAN HAZARDS...AND SWIM ONLY WITHIN
SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. NEVER SWIM ALONE.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
STORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AT AROUND 15 KNOTS...AND HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGH WINDS AND CHOPPY WAVES IN
EXPOSED AREAS OF LARGER INLAND LAKES...AS WELL AS THE INTRACOASTAL
AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS
AND LIGHTNING STORMS AREA EXPECTED INTO THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE
IF NEEDED.

CRISTALDI/PENDERGRAST

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

FLZ053-242045-
OSCEOLA-
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
OSCEOLA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.

AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH
OF HOLOPAW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL
LIKELY DEVELOP OVER EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY AS THE EAST COAST SEA
BREEZE PUSHES WEST INTO THIS AREA.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 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 2817 8112 2805 8087 2778 8089 2803 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 306DEG 15KT 2805 8109

KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia51 min
Jun 24, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia30 min
Jun 24, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard49 min
Jun 24, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard29 min
Jun 24, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole45 min
Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole31 min
Jun 24, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole31 min
Jun 24, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole34 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.