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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 2, 2015Lake County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 2, 2015, 1:59 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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 2, 2015, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2015, 3:00 PM EDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Lake County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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 Jul 2, 11:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 11:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 11:00 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
159 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

FLZ041-044-045-144-021900-
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY FL-ORANGE FL-
INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-
159 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE...WESTERN ORANGE AND
NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 157 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A DEVELOPING LINE OF
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PIERSON TO 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MASCOTTE TO HILLSBOROUGH RIVER STATE PARK...AND
MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WITH HAIL TO PENNY SIZE WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORLANDO...APOPKA...OCOEE...WINTER GARDEN AND LEESBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT 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 THESE STORMS...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.

THESE STORMS 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 2896 8195 2896 8166 2928 8164 2932 8168
      2940 8142 2926 8142 2925 8136 2873 8143
      2871 8146 2864 8146 2864 8144 2836 8145
      2835 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 238DEG 8KT 2928 8147 2852 8202 2813 8221

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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 1, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		28 min
Jul 1, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	65 min
Jul 2, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	64 min
Jul 2, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole, Volusia	53 min
Jul 2, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jul 2, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	55 min
Jul 2, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jul 2, 5:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	59 min
Jul 2, 6:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	59 min
Jul 2, 6:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard	112 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.