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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 30, 2016, 4:43 PM EDT for Lake 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
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The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2016, 4:43 PM EDT (20:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2016, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Lake County, FL
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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 Aug 30, 3:56 PM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 3:56 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 905 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-310100- 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- 905 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... NUMEROUS SHOWERS CONTAINING OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STORMS WILL MOVE QUICKLY NORTHWEST TO NORTH AT AROUND 20 MPH, AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES, BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS, AND WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH. HEAD INDOORS IF SKIES LOOK THREATENING, OR YOU HEAR THUNDER. .FLOOD IMPACT... LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE DUE TO THE POSSIBLY OF TRAINING HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS. THIS CAN LEAD TO STANDING WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND ON ROADWAYS. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... THE COMBINATION OF OCEAN SWELL AND LOCAL TIDES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES. WHILE THE RIP HAZARD WILL BE IN PLACE ALL DAY, THE HIGHEST THREAT WILL OCCUR FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDES. IN ADDITION TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS ARE FORECAST. A SOUTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN A NORTHWARD FLOWING CURRENT ALONG THE BEACHES. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF MOVING NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST INTO DEEP WATER, REMAIN CALM AND DO NOT SWIM DIRECTLY BACK AGAINST THE CURRENT. SIGNAL FOR HELP AND TRY TO SWIM AT AN ANGLE TO THE CURRENT AND BACK TO SHORE. AVOID SWIMMING NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES WHERE SEAWARD FLOWING RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG. TO LESSEN YOUR CHANCES OF BECOMING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES ON AREA LAKES, THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS, AND THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. .WATERSPOUT IMPACT... MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS THROUGH TONIGHT. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... THE COMBINATION OF WIND CHOP AND SWELL WILL BUILD SEAS TO 6 FEET OVER THE GULF STREAM RESULTING IN POOR CONDITIONS FOR OPERATORS OF SMALL CRAFT. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS ARE ALSO FORECAST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE, LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF, IS FORECAST TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AND INTENSIFY INTO A TROPICAL STORM. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN TURN NORTHWEST AND NORTHWARD BY LATER TONIGHT, BEFORE TURNING SHARPLY NORTHEASTWARD WEDNESDAY, AND THEN MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA BY LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. VERY MOIST AIR ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WITH THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLOODING FROM THE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THERE ALSO EXISTS A RISK FOR INCREASINGLY GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES AS THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. TES/JP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 4:43 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 3:28 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 17 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 26 hr |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.