Alert archive / Florida / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 1:39 PM EDT for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
702
WWUS82 KMLB 041739
SPSMLB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
139 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
FLZ045-047-053-054-058-147-041830-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-OSCEOLA FL-
ORANGE FL-OKEECHOBEE FL-INDIAN RIVER FL-
139 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE...
NORTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN RIVER...EASTERN OSCEOLA AND BREVARD
COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT...
AT 139 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CANAVERAL GROVES TO FORT DRUM. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALM BAY...MELBOURNE...ROCKLEDGE...SEBASTIAN AND COCOA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH
FLOODED ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 2756 8035 2756 8068 2755 8068 2754 8105
2853 8106 2865 8091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 273DEG 27KT 2846 8085 2753 8081
$$
JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 12:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 54 min | |
| Aug 4, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| Aug 4, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 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.