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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 19, 2021Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 19, 2021, 2:25 PM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2021, 2:25 PM EST (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 19, 2:40 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 413 Sse Cocoa, FLWIND TOWER 9404 AT KSC REPORTED A 41MPH/36KT WIND GUST FROM THE W

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 794 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
5.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

592 
WUUS52 KMLB 191925
SVRMLB
FLC009-192000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0003.210219T1925Z-210219T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
225 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Brevard County in east central Florida...

* Until 300 PM EST.

* At 225 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cocoa, moving
  northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Rockledge, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2839 8056 2834 8057 2831 8085 2841 8083
      2851 8052 2843 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 242DEG 27KT 2836 8080 

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

Combs
3 follow-up statements
121 
WWUS52 KMLB 191939
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
239 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021

FLC009-192000-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210219T2000Z/
Brevard FL-
239 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST
FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY...

At 238 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Merritt Island,
moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Rockledge, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2839 8056 2834 8057 2832 8076 2832 8078
      2843 8076 2851 8052 2843 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 246DEG 26KT 2838 8070 

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

Combs
236 
WWUS52 KMLB 191950
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
250 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021

FLC009-192000-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210219T2000Z/
Brevard FL-
250 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST
FOR EAST CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY...

At 249 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cape 
Canaveral, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, Port Canaveral, Merritt Island and Jetty
Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2839 8056 2834 8057 2833 8070 2846 8068
      2851 8052 2843 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 249DEG 26KT 2840 8061 

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

Combs
928 
WWUS52 KMLB 191959
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
259 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021

FLC009-192008-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210219T2000Z/
Brevard FL-
259 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM EST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and lightning are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2839 8056 2834 8057 2833 8070 2846 8068
      2851 8052 2843 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 239DEG 27KT 2844 8055 

$$

Combs

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 3:44 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB4 days
Feb 19, 1:56 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB64 min
Feb 19, 2:04 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB56 min
Feb 19, 2:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard39 min
Feb 19, 2:24 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB96 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.