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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 10, 2015Martin County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2015, 4:33 PM EDT for Martin 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

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The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2015, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Martin County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 144 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: 2267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 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 10, 4:15 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 4:15 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 10:15 AM EDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1015 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-102300-
FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20 NM-VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20-60 NM-VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60 NM-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-
1015 AM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
AMPLE MOISTURE COMBINED WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT AND AFTERNOON
INSTABILITY WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. INITIAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY INCREASES INLAND DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY LIGHTNING STORMS WILL
BE THE POSSIBILITY OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 50
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ANY STRONGER STORMS. STORM MOTION WILL BE
TOWARDS THE EAST AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH.

.FLOOD IMPACT...
AN EAST TO NORTHEAST STORM MOTION OF STORMS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
LOCAL HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES...LEADING TO MINOR
AND NUISANCE FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS. VISIBILITY
WILL BE REDUCED TEMPORARILY IN STRONGER STORMS.

.RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
OCEAN CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT
THE BEACHES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST
BEFORE NOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A
LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STORMS OVER THE MAINLAND MOVING
OFFSHORE WILL AFFECT THE INTERIOR LAKES AND EVENTUALLY NEARSHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15
KNOTS. THERE IS A HIGH LIKELIHOOD STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE NORTH OF
SEBASTIAN INLET PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND
OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS NEAR TO ABOVE 35 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
SCATTERED LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AREAWIDE
BEFORE THE THREAT FOR STORMS SHIFTS MAINLY INLAND ON FRIDAY AND
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
AT LEAST THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE
IF NEEDED. RAIN OBSERVERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS
EXCEEDING FOUR INCHES.

PENDERGRAST/ULRICH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
217 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

FLZ041-044-141-101915-
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-
217 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL
315 PM EDT...

AT 217 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR LAKE GEORGE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF PIERSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAYTONA BEACH...ORMOND BEACH...HOLLY HILL...PIERSON AND
ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS...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.

BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS SOMETIMES OCCUR WELL
AWAY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY AND MAY LEAD TO TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2924 8102 2924 8103 2926 8104 2938 8109
      2936 8109 2924 8105 2908 8161 2914 8164
      2928 8164 2930 8165 2936 8154 2938 8145
      2940 8142 2926 8142 2927 8115 2941 8116
      2943 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 242DEG 19KT 2923 8159

LASCODY

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
221 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

FLZ041-045>047-053-141-147-101915-
OSCEOLA FL-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-ORANGE FL-
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-SEMINOLE FL-
221 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BREVARD...ORANGE...SOUTHEASTERN
VOLUSIA...OSCEOLA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT...

AT 218 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER SEMINOLE...SOUTHEASTERN
VOLUSIA...OSCEOLA...BREVARD...AND ORANGE COUNTIES...MOVING GENERALLY
TOWARDS THE EAST AT 15 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
STRONG...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT HOUR AS BOUNDARY COLLISIONS TAKE
PLACE OVER THIS AREA.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS...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.

BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS SOMETIMES OCCUR WELL
AWAY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY AND MAY LEAD TO TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 2878 8164 2878 8142 2893 8135 2893 8085
      2864 8082 2862 8081 2866 8078 2856 8080
      2784 8058 2782 8121 2786 8130 2804 8146
      2806 8146 2801 8138 2808 8135 2809 8145
      2826 8156 2826 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 245DEG 29KT 2872 8128

ULRICH

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
316 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

FLZ041-045>047-053-141-147-102015-
OSCEOLA FL-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-ORANGE FL-
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-SEMINOLE FL-
316 PM EDT WED JUN 10 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD...
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE...VOLUSIA...NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA AND EASTERN
SEMINOLE COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 313 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS VOLUSIA COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN ORANGE AND
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DELTONA...DAYTONA BEACH...PORT ORANGE...SANFORD AND TITUSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS...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.

BOATERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS SOMETIMES OCCUR WELL
AWAY FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...WHICH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITY AND MAY LEAD TO TEMPORARY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2859 8058 2826 8061 2827 8061 2857 8059
      2858 8060 2825 8066 2826 8066 2859 8072
      2859 8066 2863 8079 2864 8079 2872 8074
      2880 8085 2825 8068 2818 8116 2819 8116
      2926 8138 2927 8115 2942 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 248DEG 37KT 2842 8093

WEITLICH

Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:04 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:25 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 4:33 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 9, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Flagler	58 min
Jun 10, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	46 min
Jun 10, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange	26 min
Jun 10, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	55 min
Jun 10, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Flagler	58 min
Jun 10, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Osceola, Seminole	54 min
Jun 10, 2:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		52 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	66 min
Jun 10, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Seminole, Volusia	59 min
Jun 10, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	55 min
Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		95 min
Jun 10, 4:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		52 min
Jun 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Martin	21 min

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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.