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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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 3, 2017, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2017, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 632 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
619 WWUS82 KMLB 032030 SPSMLB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Melbourne FL 430 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017 FLZ047-054-032115- Southern Brevard County FL-Indian River FL- 430 PM EDT THU AUG 3 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM EDT... At 430 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sebastian, moving north at 5 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Sebastian, Fellsmere, Indian River Shores, Malabar and Roseland. LAT...LON 2768 8063 2799 8058 2800 8048 2775 8035 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 206DEG 6KT 2781 8049 $$ Sedlock
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Aug 3, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 112 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 17 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Polk | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 3, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Volusia | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 6:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 3, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 118 min | |
| Aug 3, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 55 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.