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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 1, 2016Flagler County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2016, 2:28 PM EDT for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 1, 2016, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Flagler County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 524 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 1, 9:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 9:26 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 11:39 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1139 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-020000-
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-
1139 AM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MARCH STEADILY WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON.  BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS OVER EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
OF STORMS FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND
GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH. IF THUNDER IS HEARD, HEAD INDOORS.

.FLOOD IMPACT...
A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCAL
RAINFALL BETWEEN OF 2 TO 3 INCHES. THIS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE
RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN RECENTLY.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS INLAND LAKES INTO
EARLY EVENING.  STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST, SO SOME
STORMS WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEARSHORE ATLANTIC
WATERS, ESPECIALLY IN VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES. MARINERS SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR QUICKLY AS SKIES DARKEN TO THE WEST,
OR IF A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS ISSUED. GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING
STRIKES COULD OCCUR WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED
WITH STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH HIGHEST STORM COVERAGE REMAINING ACROSS THE
EASTERN PENINSULA. A RIDGE WILL BUILD ALOFT NEXT TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY, LEADING TO LOWER RAIN CHANCES. LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL,
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE
IF NEEDED.

LASCODY/BRAGAW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 2:28 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
228 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

FLZ141-011900-
COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY FL-
228 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR  UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 228 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORMOND-BY-THE-SEA AND ORMOND BEACH AIRPORT.

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 2943 8107 2929 8100 2928 8115 2929 8115
      2941 8116 2942 8114 2943 8111
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 250DEG 21KT 2934 8118

LASCODY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake50 min
Jul 1, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB64 min
Jul 1, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB92 min
Jul 1, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie42 min
Jul 1, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard41 min
Jul 1, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole48 min
Jul 1, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB65 min
Jul 1, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard44 min
Jul 1, 6:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard2 hr
Jul 1, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake46 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.