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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 2, 2017Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2017, 8:14 PM EDT for Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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 2, 2017, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2017, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Seminole County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 272 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 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
272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

136 
WUUS52 KMLB 030014
SVRMLB
FLC117-030045-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0041.170703T0014Z-170703T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
814 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2017

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Seminole County in east central Florida...

* Until 845 PM EDT

* At 813 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lake Jessup,
  moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Sanford, Oviedo, Winter Springs, Casselberry and Lake Mary. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2875 8133 2881 8122 2880 8120 2879 8119
      2861 8112 2861 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 332DEG 11KT 2872 8126 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Combs
1 follow-up statement
749 
WWUS52 KMLB 030040
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
840 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2017

FLC117-030049-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-170703T0045Z/
Seminole FL-
840 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SEMINOLE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However frequent 
lightning and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2875 8133 2881 8122 2880 8120 2879 8119
      2861 8112 2861 8131
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 332DEG 11KT 2866 8122 

$$

Combs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole27 min
Jul 3, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia37 min
Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia28 min
Jul 3, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange51 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.