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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 12, 2021Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min. 4 reports 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
May 12, 2021, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 12, 5:30 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 414 N Melbourne, FLWXFLOW STATION MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 41MPH/36KT FROM THE SE.
May 12, 5:37 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 39Melbourne Airport, FLMELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 39MPH/34KT FROM THE NE.
May 12, 5:44 PM EDTHAIL 0.752 Nnw Indialantic, FLTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 0.75 INCH HAIL IN INDIALANTIC ON PARADISE BLVD.
May 12, 5:54 PM EDTHAIL 0.7Melbourne Beach, FLDIME SIZE HAIL IN MELBOURNE BEACH REPORTED BY PUBLIC VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

021 
WWUS82 KMLB 122113
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
513 PM EDT Wed May 12 2021
 
FLZ047-122145-
Southern Brevard County FL-
513 PM EDT Wed May 12 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL
545 PM EDT...

At 512 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Melbourne, moving southeast at 10 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Palm Bay, Melbourne, Satellite Beach, Malabar and Indialantic. 

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 2794 8056 2810 8078 2825 8068 2822 8056
      2813 8054 2806 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 298DEG 9KT 2814 8066 

$$

Watson

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange61 min
May 12, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB93 min
May 12, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia50 min
May 12, 2:45 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB4 days
May 12, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake52 min
May 12, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB54 min
May 12, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange34 min
May 12, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB3 hr
May 12, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange36 min
May 12, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola29 min
May 12, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard34 min
May 12, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
May 12, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler28 min
May 12, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake35 min
May 12, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard24 min
May 12, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River34 min
May 12, 7:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia25 min

Nearby

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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.