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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 6, 2014Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT for Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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: Jul 6, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2014, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Seminole County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-p

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: 772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 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 Jul 6, 2:43 PM EDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:43 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 9:55 AM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
955 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-062200-
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-
955 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
DEEP MOISTURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL LEAD TO
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE COAST IN THE
EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE SEA BREEZE WITH STORM COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY INCREASING INLAND AS SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
COLLIDE. STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE BACK TOWARD THE
COAST LATE IN THE DAY AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 10
MPH. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MAIN THREATS
BEING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.FLOOD IMPACT...
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED OVER SOME AREAS OF ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING OR POORLY DRAINED AREAS WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
LOCALLY.

.RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
OCEAN CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...
SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF THE PULL OF THE CURRENT...
AND THEN SWIM BACK TO SHORE. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE
GUARD AND DO NOT SWIM ALONE.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON AND A FEW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WINDS OF 35
KNOTS OR GREATER. STORMS WILL INITIALLY DEVELOP ALONG THE COAST INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE OFFSHORE AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AROUND
10 MPH. CONVECTION WILL THEN INCREASE OVER THE INTERIOR INTO MID TO
LATE AFTERNOON WITH SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MOVING BACK TOWARD THE
COAST AND POSSIBLY OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL EXIST ACROSS THE AREA
FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT EACH DAY THIS
WEEK. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON...
WITH GREATER STORM CHANCES EXPECTED ACROSS THE INTERIOR.

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

SEDLOCK/WEITLICH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
129 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014

FLZ141-061815-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-
129 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014

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

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT.

AT 124 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER
EDGEWATER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE APOLLO BEACH AND BETHUNE BEACH.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 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 2904 8088 2903 8089 2888 8078 2880 8074
      2880 8077 2881 8078 2885 8078 2885 8081
      2880 8079 2879 8088 2890 8103 2905 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 337DEG 5KT 2897 8089

SEDLOCK

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:16 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
216 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014

FLZ141-147-061900-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
216 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2014

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AND SMALL HAIL OVER NORTHWESTERN BREVARD
COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT.

AT 214 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL OVER
MAYTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT 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 2888 8078 2885 8079 2885 8081 2882 8079
      2875 8080 2877 8083 2877 8084 2869 8082
      2861 8082 2862 8099 2867 8102 2888 8095
      2891 8080
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 328DEG 14KT 2875 8095

SEDLOCK

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:49 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
Jul 6, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	46 min
Jul 6, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jul 6, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	44 min
Jul 6, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		87 min
Jul 6, 3:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard	2 hr

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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.