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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Feb 16, 2016, 2:52 AM EST for Orange County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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
- Feb 16, 2016, 2:52 AM EST (07:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 3:45 AM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Feb 15, 10:30 PM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 10:30 PM EST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 7:00 PM EST, 7 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 700 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-161000- 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- 700 PM EST MON FEB 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE TREASURE COAST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STRONGER STORMS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... ISOLATED STORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WILL MOVE EAST TO NORTHEAST UP TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS ACROSS THE AREA. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS WILL ACCOMPANY A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHERLY BREEZE WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND PRODUCE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS WILL PROBABLY NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION FROM MID TO LATE WEEK AS A MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEAST BREEZE GENERATES A MODERATE TO ROUGH CHOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE GULF STREAM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED TONIGHT. WEITLICH/ULRICH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 16, 2:52 AM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
252 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
FLZ045-047-053-147-160845-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-OSCEOLA FL-
ORANGE FL-
252 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ORANGE...OSCEOLA AND NORTHWESTERN
BREVARD COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM EST...
AT 251 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A BAND OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LAKE HART TO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BARTOW...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORLANDO...KISSIMMEE...TITUSVILLE...SAINT CLOUD AND WINTER PARK.
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.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2856 8146 2867 8067 2866 8067 2866 8066
2859 8069 2861 8081 2858 8069 2848 8072
2852 8078 2841 8075 2764 8100 2764 8114
2765 8114 2806 8146 2801 8138 2808 8135
2826 8164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 241DEG 19KT 2837 8116 2777 8177
LASCODYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:21 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min | |
| Feb 16, 3:22 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 113 min | |
| Feb 16, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 114 min |
| Feb 16, 3:47 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 4:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 85 min |
| Feb 16, 4:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 4:37 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 5 hr | |
| Feb 16, 4:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 65 min |
| Feb 16, 4:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 109 min | |
| Feb 16, 5:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 min | |
| Feb 16, 5:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 58 min |
| Feb 16, 6:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 29 min |
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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.