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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2016, 2:33 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
- May 29, 2016, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 29, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 10:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1014 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-300100- 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- 1014 AM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SUITABLE MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND LOCAL BOUNDARIES TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SLOW MOVING LIGHTNING STORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF METRO ORLANDO...ALONG THE SPACE AND TREASURE COASTS AND INLAND TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. .FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAINLY SOUTH OF ORLANDO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... OCEAN SWELLS AND TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BRING A MODERATE RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES TODAY. RIP RESCUES WERE REPORTED ON SATURDAY AND THIS IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY. MAKE SURE TO SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD BEACH LOCATION AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... WIND GUSTS BRIEFLY IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN A FEW STRONG STORMS MAINLY SOUTH OF METRO ORLANDO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ALONG THE INLAND MOVING EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND WITH ANY BOUNDARY COLLISIONS OVER THE INTERIOR. INCOMING SWELLS WILL KEEP THE RIP CURRENT THREAT MODERATE EARLY THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:19 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
225 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
FLZ059-291915-
ST. LUCIE FL-
225 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM
EDT...
AT 225 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER PORT SAINT LUCIE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ADDITIONAL
STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE AS IT PUSHES INLAND.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT SAINT LUCIE...WALTON...FORT PIERCE...AND WHITE CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 2721 8047 2746 8051 2748 8029 2724 8022
2726 8023 2726 8028 2722 8028 2722 8021
2721 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 086DEG 3KT 2729 8035
KELLYSpecial weather statement, May 29, 2:33 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 233 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 FLZ047-291915- SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL- 233 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 233 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SUNTREE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MELBOURNE...ROCKLEDGE...CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...MERRITT ISLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 2805 8086 2834 8086 2834 8068 2809 8059 TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 185DEG 7KT 2821 8073 KELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 2 hr |
| May 29, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 41 min |
| May 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 50 min |
| May 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Polk | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 27 min |
| May 29, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 93 min |
| May 29, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 53 min |
| May 29, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 44 min |
| May 29, 6:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole | 118 min |
| May 29, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 58 min |
| May 29, 7:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 79 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.