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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 22, 2017Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 22, 2017, 7:10 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2017, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Orange County, FL

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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 Mar 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 2:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 11:15 AM EDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1115 AM EDT Wed Mar 22 2017

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-230315-
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-
1115 AM EDT Wed Mar 22 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
Long period northeast swells will produce a moderate rip current
threat at east central Florida beaches today. Rip currents are
powerful channels of water flowing swiftly away from shore and
most often occur at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and near
jetties and piers.

If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain
calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for
help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to
shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to
swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly.

Always swim near a lifeguard and do not swim alone.

.WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
A frontal boundary will move across the waters this evening and
overnight and bring strong and gusty northeast winds across the
Atlantic waters. Boating conditions will become poor to hazardous
for small craft. Small craft advisories will go in effect across
the east central Florida Atlantic waters tonight.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
There will be a slight chance for lightning storms across the
Atlantic tonight mainly over the warmer gulf stream waters.

.FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
Low relative humidity and dry vegetation will produce a moderate
to high fire danger across east central Florida today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
Rough and pounding surf is expected at the beaches through
Saturday with an elevated risk for rip currents. Strong and gusty
onshore winds will also make wind and seas hazardous for small
craft operators into the upcoming weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation will not be needed today.

Bragaw

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 22, 7:10 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 4:25 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB3 days

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.