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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 16, 2021Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Feb 16, 2021, 1:07 AM EST for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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 16, 2021, 1:07 AM EST (06:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2021, 2:00 AM EST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1262 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 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
1262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

110 
WWUS82 KMLB 160607
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
107 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021
 
FLZ045-053-160700-
Osceola FL-Orange FL-
107 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE AND
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM EST...

At 104 AM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 
that will move into Osceola County, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Pea size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Orlando, Kissimmee, Saint Cloud, Celebration and West Lake Toho. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 2847 8115 2795 8109 2792 8132 2794 8135
      2794 8134 2800 8139 2800 8142 2804 8146
      2806 8146 2806 8144 2801 8138 2808 8135
      2809 8145 2814 8146 2814 8152 2820 8152
      2826 8156 2826 8166 2828 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 245DEG 30KT 2804 8168 

$$

Weitlich

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 7:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia40 min
Feb 15, 7:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB50 min
Feb 15, 7:49 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB86 min
Feb 15, 8:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River52 min
Feb 15, 10:04 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia56 min
Feb 15, 11:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia62 min
Feb 16, 12:02 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB118 min
Feb 16, 12:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia40 min
Feb 16, 2:06 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB84 min
Feb 16, 2:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Osceola63 min
Feb 16, 6:56 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBIndian River2 hr
Feb 16, 7:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr

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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.