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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Feb 6, 2021, 3:16 PM EST for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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 6, 2021, 3:16 PM EST (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2021, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Lake County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 3:54 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 Wnw Altamonte Springs, FL | PUBLIC REPORTS A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH OF WEKIVA SPRINGS RD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WWUS82 KMLB 062016
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
316 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
FLZ044>046-144-062100-
Northern Lake County FL-Orange FL-Seminole FL-
Southern Lake County FL-
316 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LAKE AND WESTERN ORANGE
AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EST...
At 315 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of
Mascotte to near Lake Louisa to near Clermont to near Lake Apopka.
Movement was northeast at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms. Funnel
clouds are also possible.
Locations impacted include...
Sanford, Apopka, Altamonte Springs, Ocoee and Winter Garden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
If on or near Lake Apopka, get out of the water and move indoors or
inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 2871 8195 2884 8184 2894 8150 2897 8144
2890 8135 2885 8136 2883 8129 2845 8159
2843 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 209DEG 29KT 2847 8196 2852 8178 2856 8172 2861
8161
$$
CristaldiThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 63 min |
| Feb 6, 2:49 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 19 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 3:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 44 min | |
| Feb 6, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 4:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 25 min |
| Feb 6, 4:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 6:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 9 min |
| Feb 6, 6:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 36 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.