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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 8, 2021Lake County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2021, 1:04 PM EDT for Lake County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
Jul 8, 2021, 1:04 PM EDT (17:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:03 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2021-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 652 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 2021-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

210 
WUUS52 KMLB 081704
SVRMLB
FLC069-095-081730-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0023.210708T1704Z-210708T1730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
104 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Lake County in east central Florida...
  Southwestern Orange County in east central Florida...

* Until 130 PM EDT.

* At 102 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lake Louisa,
  or 7 miles west of Bay Lake, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Bay Lake, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, Ocoee, Winter Garden and 
  Windermere. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2854 8143 2835 8138 2835 8179 2849 8183
TIME...MOT...LOC 1702Z 262DEG 23KT 2841 8168 

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

Volkmer
2 follow-up statements
595 
WWUS52 KMLB 081722
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
122 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

FLC069-081730-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210708T1730Z/
Lake FL-
122 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE 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 2850 8145 2835 8143 2835 8165 2847 8166
      2848 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 262DEG 23KT 2843 8155 

$$

FLC095-081730-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210708T1730Z/
Orange FL-
122 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...

At 120 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bay Lake,
moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Bay Lake, Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, and Windermere. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2850 8145 2835 8143 2835 8165 2847 8166
      2848 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 262DEG 23KT 2843 8155 

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

Volkmer
637 
WWUS52 KMLB 081726
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
126 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

FLC095-081735-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210708T1730Z/
Orange FL-
126 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty 
winds, cloud to ground lightning and heavy rain are still possible 
with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2850 8145 2835 8143 2835 8165 2847 8166
      2848 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1725Z 262DEG 23KT 2843 8153 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange30 min
Jul 8, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake42 min
Jul 8, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
Jul 8, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia41 min
Jul 8, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB88 min
Jul 8, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB67 min
Jul 8, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB94 min
Jul 8, 4:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard83 min
Jul 8, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee34 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.