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Areal Flood Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 7, 2016Brevard County, Seminole County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this areal flood warning at Oct 7, 2016, 8:36 AM EDT for Brevard County, Seminole County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 2016, 8:36 AM EDT (12:36 UTC)
Expired: Oct 7, 2016, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Brevard County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 211 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: 94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 429 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 423 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Oct 7, 4:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 4:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 7, 5:55 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
555 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-080000-
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-
555 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

FOR DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING WEATHER HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH
MAJOR HURRICANE MATTHEW AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NEAR THE EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA COAST TODAY, PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS AND A RIP CURRENT DANGER WILL LINGER INTO
NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
FORMAL ACTIVATION OF SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORKS WILL CONTINUE TODAY.

GLITTO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 7, 6:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 7, 6:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 7, 7:29 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
729 AM EDT FRI OCT 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0638 AM     TROPICAL STORM   6 N EDGEWATER           29.05N 80.90W
10/07/2016                   VOLUSIA            FL   MESONET

            WXFLOW SITE MEASURED WIND GUST OF 60KT/69MPH FROM NE

0705 AM     HURRICANE        8 SSE PLAYALINDA BEACH  28.54N 80.57W
10/07/2016                   BREVARD            FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            USAF TOWER KSC-108 MEASURED WIND GUST OF 84KT/97MPH FROM
            NNW

&&

JRS

Local storm report, Oct 7, 7:40 AM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
740 AM EDT FRI OCT 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0705 AM     HURRICANE        8 SSE PLAYALINDA BEACH  28.54N 80.57W
10/07/2016                   BREVARD            FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            USAF TOWER KSC-108 MEASURED WIND GUST OF 84KT/97MPH FROM
            NNW

0730 AM     HURRICANE        8 SSE PLAYALINDA BEACH  28.54N 80.57W
10/07/2016                   BREVARD            FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            USAF TOWER KSC-108 MEASURED WIND GUST OF 90KT/103MPH FROM
            NW

&&

JRS

Local storm report, Oct 7, 8:12 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
812 AM EDT FRI OCT 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 AM     HURRICANE        5 NE PORT CANAVERAL     28.46N 80.53W
10/07/2016                   BREVARD            FL   MESONET

            USAF WIND TOWER 3 RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 100 MPH /87 KT
            FROM THE NORTH.

0657 AM     TROPICAL STORM   ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL A 28.42N 81.32W
10/07/2016                   ORANGE             FL   ASOS

            ASOS MEASURED WIND GUST OF 44KT/51MPH FROM NW

0722 AM     TROPICAL STORM   DAYTONA BEACH AIRPORT   29.17N 81.07W
10/07/2016                   VOLUSIA            FL   ASOS

            ASOS MEASURED WIND GUST OF 58KT/67MPH FROM NE

0745 AM     HURRICANE        3 E HAULOVER CANAL      28.74N 80.70W
10/07/2016                   BREVARD            FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            USAF TOWER KSC-19 MEASURED SUSTAINED WIND OF 75 MPH AND
            GUST OF 105 MPH

0800 AM     HURRICANE        4 NNE HAULOVER CANAL    28.80N 80.74W
10/07/2016                   VOLUSIA            FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            USAF TOWER KSC-22 MEASURED SUSTAINED WIND OF 75MPH AND
            GUST TO 102MPH

&&

JRS

Local storm report, Oct 7, 8:28 AM EDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
828 AM EDT FRI OCT 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0607 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 NE LAKE MARY          28.81N 81.28W
10/07/2016  M7.04 INCH       SEMINOLE           FL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            OBSERVER SFNF1 REPORTS 24 HOUR RAINFALL OF 7.04 INCHES

&&

JRS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 9:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	84 min
Oct 6, 9:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	MLB	Seminole	31 hr
Oct 6, 11:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	83 min
Oct 7, 2:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie	3 hr
Oct 7, 5:26 AM EDT	Extreme Wind Warning	MLB	Brevard	109 min
Oct 7, 5:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard, Seminole, Volusia	3 hr
Oct 7, 11:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Volusia	3 hr
Oct 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MLB	Volusia	24 hr
Oct 7, 4:26 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		9 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Florida, 2016 Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.