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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 23, 20214 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 23, 2021, 3:25 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 65 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
Jun 23, 2021, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

Counties Indian River County, FL, Martin County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 23, 3:35 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 43Okeechobee Airport, FLKOBE AWOS REPORTED A 43MPH/37KT WIND GUST FROM THE WEST.

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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2021-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 216 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 2021-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

726 
WWUS82 KMLB 231925
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
325 PM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021
 
FLZ047-054-058-059-064-232030-
St. Lucie FL-Okeechobee FL-Southern Brevard County FL-Martin FL-
Indian River FL-
325 PM EDT Wed Jun 23 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ST. LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN
RIVER AND NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

At 325 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Fort Drum, moving east at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Sebastian, Treasure Island, Indiantown, Okeechobee and Fellsmere. 

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 2709 8066 2716 8071 2721 8079 2720 8083
      2714 8087 2719 8091 2722 8098 2754 8103
      2789 8053 2704 8031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 265DEG 14KT 2739 8083 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB115 min
Jun 23, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin56 min
Jun 23, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin44 min
Jun 23, 3:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOkeechobee93 min
Jun 23, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola48 min
Jun 23, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard, Indian River, Osceola90 min
Jun 23, 5:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Seminole2 hr
Jun 23, 7:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia90 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.