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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 7, 2016Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT for Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 7, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2016, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Brevard County, FL, Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:13 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2016-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 935 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 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
935 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

786 
WWUS82 KMLB 071813
SPSMLB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
213 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
 
FLZ047-053-054-147-071900-
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-OSCEOLA FL-
INDIAN RIVER FL-
213 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER...
SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM
EDT...

AT 212 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR COCOA BEACH TO LAKE KISSIMMEE. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTH AT 15 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2764 8100 2764 8112 2782 8121 2785 8126
      2798 8135 2847 8060 2835 8057 2814 8054
      2797 8046 2782 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 345DEG 12KT 2835 8064 2790 8125 

$$

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 12:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB95 min
Aug 7, 12:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange38 min
Aug 7, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange65 min
Aug 7, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
Aug 7, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB60 min
Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB90 min
Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin42 min
Aug 7, 6:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBIndian River84 min
Aug 7, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River26 min
Aug 7, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard41 min
Aug 7, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB91 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.