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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 12, 2021Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 64 min. 8 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
Jun 12, 2021, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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
Jun 12, 4:38 PM EDTHAIL 0.255 S Rockledge, FLPUBLIC REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN VIERA.
Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG6 Ene Shiloh, FLUS AIR FORCE WIND NETWORK TOWER 0803 REPORTED A 44MPH/38KT GUST FROM THE SW.
Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 444 Ne Camp Holly Fish Ca, FLUS AIR FORCE WIND NETWORK TOWER 0020 REPORTED A 44MPH/38KT GUST FROM THE SW.
Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 445 Ene Belle Isle, FLUSAF WIND TOWER 0805 MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 38KT/44MPH FROM THE SW.
Jun 12, 5:05 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 445 Ne Port Mayaca, FLUS AIR FORCE WIND NETWORK TOWER 0003 REPORTED A 44MPH/38KT GUST FROM THE SW.
Jun 12, 5:18 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 442 Nne Cape Canaveral, FLC-MAN STATION TRDF1 AT TRIDENT PIER MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 38KT/44MPH FROM THE SW.
Jun 12, 5:20 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 565 N Camp Holly Fish Cam, FLUS AIR FORCE WIND NETWORK TOWER 0403 REPORTED A 56MPH/49KT GUST FROM THE WSW.
Jun 12, 5:25 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 618 Sse Playalinda Beach, FLUS AIR FORCE WIND NETWORK TOWER 0108 REPORTED A 61MPH/53KT GUST FROM THE SW.

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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2021-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 641 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

681 
WWUS82 KMLB 122011
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
411 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021
 
FLZ047-147-122115-
Southern Brevard County FL-Northern Brevard County FL-
411 PM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM
EDT...

At 411 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Christmas to near Palm Bay. Movement was
east at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Palm Bay, Melbourne, Titusville, Rockledge and Cocoa. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2783 8048 2785 8049 2783 8051 2783 8086
      2835 8086 2846 8090 2847 8087 2851 8088
      2852 8092 2868 8097 2874 8065 2856 8053
      2844 8051 2839 8056 2834 8057 2813 8054
      2791 8043 2783 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 261DEG 29KT 2856 8096 2800 8075 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee40 min
Jun 11, 8:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard32 min
Jun 12, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola39 min
Jun 12, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange33 min
Jun 12, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB60 min
Jun 12, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange29 min
Jun 12, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard30 min
Jun 12, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
Jun 12, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard29 min
Jun 12, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard26 min
Jun 12, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB63 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.