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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 19, 2018Lake County, Orange County, Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2018, 6:07 PM EDT for Lake County, Orange County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2018, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2018, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole 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 19, 4:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 4:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 11:35 AM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1135 AM EDT Mon Mar 19 2018

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-192200-
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-
1135 AM EDT Mon Mar 19 2018

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
Scattered showers and isolated storms will continue to move across
northern sections of east central Florida this afternoon. Isolated
showers and storms will also be possible farther south during the
mid to late afternoon, including the Treasure Coast counties with
sea breeze boundary interactions.

The main threats from any storms will be dangerous cloud to ground
lightning and heavy downpours. However isolated stronger storms may
be able to produce strong wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph, especially
across northern sections, including Lake and Volusia counties.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
Any storms that push eastward and offshore could produce wind gusts
to around 35 knots, especially north of Melbourne.

.WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
Southwest winds will increase up to 15 to 20 knots offshore into
tonight. Small craft operators should exercise caution if venturing
into these waters.

.FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
Above normal temperatures and continued dry vegetation will lead
to a High fire danger across much of east central Florida. Any new
or ongoing brush fires will be capable of spreading rapidly.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
The threat of lightning storms will increase over central Florida by
early Tuesday as an energetic mid level wave, increasing moisture
and an acceleration of local low to mid level wind fields will lead
to a threat of strong to severe storms, initially over north
central Florida during the morning with increasing likelihood of
an organized line of storms moving across the peninsula near
Orlando and Osceola county, to include the Space Coast into early
afternoon.

The main threats will be the possibility of strong to damaging
straight line winds, but an isolated tornado will also be possible
along with deadly lighting and heavy rain. The threat for strong
storms will diminish by late afternoon Tuesday. Building winds and
seas will make for hazardous boating conditions Tuesday night and
through the middle of this week over the Atlantic waters.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotters across northern Lake and Volusia counties should monitor
the weather and self activate if needed.

Weitlich/Pendergrast/Glitto

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 6:07 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 19, 3:53 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB3 days
Mar 19, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBLake, Volusia81 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.