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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 15, 2021Orange County, Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2021, 5:59 PM EST for Orange County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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
Feb 15, 2021, 5:59 PM EST (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2021, 6:45 PM EST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2021-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 556 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 2021-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

265 
WUUS52 KMLB 152259
SVRMLB
FLC095-097-152345-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0001.210215T2259Z-210215T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
559 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Orange County in east central Florida...
  North central Osceola County in east central Florida...

* Until 645 PM EST.

* At 558 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Saint Cloud,
  moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Orlando, Kissimmee, Saint Cloud, Wedgefield and Orlando
  International Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2813 8126 2821 8144 2859 8125 2850 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 207DEG 35KT 2825 8131 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Weitlich
1 follow-up statement
402 
WWUS52 KMLB 152317
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
617 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

FLC097-152327-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210215T2345Z/
Osceola FL-
617 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 2859 8125 2850 8099 2835 8112 2835 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 207DEG 35KT 2842 8121 

$$

FLC095-152345-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210215T2345Z/
Orange FL-
617 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...

At 617 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Lake Nona, or
near Orlando International Airport, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Orlando, Wedgefield, Orlando International Airport, Avalon Park and
Bithlo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2859 8125 2850 8099 2835 8112 2835 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 207DEG 35KT 2842 8121 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Weitlich

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 3:07 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB31 hr
Feb 15, 5:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange50 min
Feb 15, 6:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee41 min
Feb 15, 6:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia34 min
Feb 15, 6:35 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB85 min
Feb 15, 6:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River66 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.