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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2017, 8:49 PM EDT for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 8, 2017, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2017, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Flagler County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
704
WWUS82 KMLB 090049
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
849 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2017
FLZ041-044-090115-
Northern Lake County FL-Inland Volusia County FL-
849 PM EDT TUE AUG 8 2017
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL
915 PM EDT...
At 848 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lake George, or near Pierson, moving north at 5 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Pierson, Barberville, Lake George, Eldridge and Astor Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 2928 8142 2926 8141 2911 8141 2911 8162
2934 8163 2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 158DEG 5KT 2931 8152
$$
CristaldiThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 24 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.