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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 3, 2017Indian River County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 632 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
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

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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 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB90 min
Aug 3, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard42 min
Aug 3, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake47 min
Aug 3, 3:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB90 min
Aug 3, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River40 min
Aug 3, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia52 min
Aug 3, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake42 min
Aug 3, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB112 min
Aug 3, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake17 min
Aug 3, 4:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia41 min
Aug 3, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia38 min
Aug 3, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBPolk45 min
Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Aug 3, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole42 min
Aug 3, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange, Osceola, Volusia59 min
Aug 3, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole46 min
Aug 3, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard26 min
Aug 3, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Aug 3, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole48 min
Aug 3, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Osceola57 min
Aug 3, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee65 min
Aug 3, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB118 min
Aug 3, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard55 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.