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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 19, 2021Brevard County, Florida

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

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 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.

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

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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 

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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, 2:24 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB96 min
Feb 19, 2:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard35 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.