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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Feb 19, 2021, 2:21 PM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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, 2:21 PM EST (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2:40 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 41 | 3 Sse Cocoa, FL | WIND 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 181 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
352
WWUS82 KMLB 191921
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
221 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021
FLZ047-053-147-192000-
Southern Brevard County FL-Osceola FL-Northern Brevard County FL-
221 PM EST Fri Feb 19 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BREVARD AND NORTHEASTERN
OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EST...
At 221 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lone Cabbage Fish Camp, moving northeast at 30 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Rockledge, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral and Merritt Island.
LAT...LON 2839 8056 2833 8057 2822 8056 2813 8096
2829 8092 2835 8087 2835 8086 2836 8086
2842 8081 2853 8052 2845 8049
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 245DEG 27KT 2833 8082
$$
CombsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:44 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 4 days | |
| Feb 19, 1:56 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 min | |
| Feb 19, 2:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 56 min | |
| Feb 19, 2:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 96 min | |
| Feb 19, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 35 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.