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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 29, 2014Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2014, 4:35 PM EDT for Saint Lucie 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 29, 2014, 4:35 PM EDT (20:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 859 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 29, 3:47 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:47 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 11:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1100 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-300000-
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-
1100 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WELL OFFSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA
WILL MAINTAIN A NORTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW REGIME. THIS WILL DECREASE
THE NORMAL DEVELOPMENT AND COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AGAIN
TODAY...EXCEPT POSSIBLY AROUND OKEECHOBEE...THE KISSIMMEE RIVER
BASIN AND INLAND FROM THE TREASURE COAST...WHERE DEEPER MOISTURE IS
BEING FORECAST. A FEW STORMS ON THE INLAND MOVING EAST COAST SEA
BREEZE BOUNDARY COULD BE STRONG THOUGH AND PRODUCE GUSTY 40 TO 50
MPH WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
ISOLATED STRONG STORMS ALONG THE INLAND MOVING EAST COAST SEA BREEZE
COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. STORM MOTION
IS FORECAST TO BE TO THE SOUTH AT NEAR 20 MPH. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN
INCREASING THREAT FOR GUSTY STORMS OR SQUALLS WELL OFFSHORE OVER THE
ATLANTIC LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF
CAPE CANAVERAL. THIS WILL DRIVE A LONGSHORE CURRENT SOUTHWARD DOWN
THE COAST AND COULD LEAD TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG PIERS AND
JETTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MEANDER WELL OFFSHORE NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA MONDAY AND TUESDAY....BEFORE LIFTING OUT TO
THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST BY WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS BEING MONITORED
FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE. THE MAIN
EFFECTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME WOULD BE INCREASED WINDS AND SEAS OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS. THERE COULD ALSO BE SOME IMPACTS TO COASTAL LAND
AREAS...WITH INCREASING WINDS...SURF...RIP CURRENTS AND GUSTY SQUALLS
MOVING ONSHORE.

BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS FOR THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM FROM BOTH THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AND YOUR
LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MELBOURNE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY.

LASCODY/CRISTALDI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 3:45 PM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 4:04 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:08 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:14 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:25 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:35 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 1:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	44 min
Jun 29, 2:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	39 min
Jun 29, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	44 min
Jun 29, 2:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	42 min
Jun 29, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	41 min
Jun 29, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	50 min
Jun 29, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	47 min
Jun 29, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	48 min
Jun 29, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	40 min
Jun 29, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	38 min
Jun 29, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin	35 min
Jun 29, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	45 min
Jun 29, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	37 min
Jun 29, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		93 min
Jun 29, 4:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	46 min
Jun 29, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	50 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.