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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 30, 2021Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2021, 5:38 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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
May 30, 2021, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2021-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 489 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 2021-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

769 
WUUS52 KMLB 302138
SVRMLB
FLC095-302215-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0015.210530T2138Z-210530T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
538 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

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

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 538 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wedgefield,
  moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wedgefield, Avalon Park, Christmas and Bithlo. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows!

&&

LAT...LON 2851 8123 2859 8105 2845 8097 2837 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 334DEG 8KT 2845 8111 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

Pendergrast
1 follow-up statement
638 
WWUS52 KMLB 302152
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
552 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021

FLC095-302202-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210530T2215Z/
Orange FL-
552 PM EDT Sun May 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2851 8123 2859 8105 2845 8097 2837 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 334DEG 8KT 2842 8109 

$$

Pendergrast

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard32 min
May 30, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange49 min
May 30, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie42 min
May 30, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia52 min
May 30, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin48 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.