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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2016, 6:49 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
804
WWUS82 KMLB 072249
SPSMLB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
649 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
FLZ047-072330-
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY FL-
649 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL
730 PM EDT...
AT 649 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF PALM BAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALM BAY...MELBOURNE...SATELLITE BEACH...MALABAR AND INDIALANTIC.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
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 2782 8061 2782 8083 2820 8068 2815 8054
2812 8054 2800 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 206DEG 16KT 2789 8070
$$
WEITLICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 95 min | |
| Aug 7, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 1:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 60 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 6:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Indian River | 84 min |
| Aug 7, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 91 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.