Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2014
Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2014, 4:03 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 7, 2014, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 1747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107
WWUS82 KMLB 072003
SPSMLB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
403 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014
FLZ047-053-147-072045-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-OSCEOLA-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
403 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS
AND SMALL HAIL OVER CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA
COUNTY...
* UNTIL 445 PM EDT.
AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ROCKLEDGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL INCLUDE SUNTREE AND VIERA.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 55 MPH...WHICH CAN CAUSE UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW
AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS...CAUSE POWER OUTAGES OR CAPSIZE SMALL
BOATS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE VISIBILITY. SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
LAT...LON 2820 8061 2820 8062 2819 8064 2820 8063
2820 8065 2818 8064 2808 8093 2830 8100
2835 8090 2835 8087 2836 8087 2841 8078
2828 8068 2827 8066 2823 8064
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 334DEG 9KT 2825 8080
$$
RLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 55 min | |
| Aug 7, 5:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 83 min |
| Aug 7, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 47 min |
Nearby
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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.