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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 5, 2021Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2021, 8:21 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
May 5, 2021, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2021, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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 2021-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 955 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 2021-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
955 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

932 
WWUS82 KMLB 060021
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
821 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021
 
FLZ045-053-060045-
Osceola FL-Orange FL-
821 PM EDT Wed May 5 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE AND NORTH
CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

At 821 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lake Hart, or near Narcoossee, moving east at 25 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Orlando, East Lake Toho, Narcoossee, Lake Hart and Austin Tindall
Park.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2828 8131 2839 8130 2844 8100 2824 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 268DEG 22KT 2834 8122 

$$

Leahy

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard39 min
May 5, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 min
May 5, 8:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard49 min
May 6, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia67 min
May 6, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB64 min
May 6, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard29 min
May 6, 12:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake48 min
May 6, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia50 min
May 6, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB59 min
May 6, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler29 min
May 6, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia40 min
May 6, 1:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake, Volusia48 min
May 6, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB84 min
May 6, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake, Orange51 min
May 6, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler15 min
May 6, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
May 6, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Orange, Seminole48 min
May 6, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard47 min
May 6, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee42 min
May 6, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River41 min
May 6, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard34 min
May 6, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin47 min
May 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB43 min
May 6, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.