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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 3, 2018Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2018, 5:02 AM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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: Sep 3, 2018, 5:02 AM EDT (09:02 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2018, 5:45 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

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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 Sep 3, 4:30 AM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 4:30 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 2, 10:47 PM EDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 5:02 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 4:41 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		49 min
Sep 3, 11:18 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MLB	Volusia	9 hr
Sep 3, 11:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		88 min
Sep 3, 11:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin, Okeechobee	48 min
Sep 3, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	39 min
Sep 3, 12:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	66 min
Sep 3, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	63 min
Sep 3, 1:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Sep 3, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	56 min
Sep 3, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Osceola	30 min
Sep 3, 1:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	45 min
Sep 3, 1:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Indian River	98 min
Sep 3, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Sep 3, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake, Volusia	41 min
Sep 3, 3:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	36 min
Sep 3, 4:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		118 min
Sep 3, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	33 min

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.