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Lake Wind Advisory 20, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 3, 2020Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Aug 3, 2020, 4:56 AM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2020, 4:56 AM EDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2020, 10:28 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Aug 3, 4:40 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 4:40 AM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:55 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 11:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1110 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1105 PM     TROPICAL STORM   3 E HAULOVER CANAL      28.74N 80.70W
08/02/2020                   Brevard            FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            USAF TOWER KSC-0019 MEASURES WIND GUST OF 38KKT/44MPH
            FROM N

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JRS

Local storm report, Aug 3, 12:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1222 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1155 PM     TROPICAL STORM   4 SSE MIMS              28.63N 80.81W
08/02/2020                   AMZ552             FL   MESONET

            WXFLOW SITE PARRISH PARK NORTH REPORTED A 44MPH/38KT GUST
            FROM THE NORTH

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DKW

Local storm report, Aug 3, 3:18 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 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
Aug 3, 1:58 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		14 hr
Aug 3, 7:00 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MLB	Volusia	13 hr
Aug 3, 4:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		6 hr

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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.