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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2021, 3:49 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 5, 2021, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2021, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 518 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
952
WWUS82 KMLB 051949
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
349 PM EDT Mon Jul 5 2021
FLZ053-052015-
Osceola-
349 PM EDT Mon Jul 5 2021
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA
COUNTY...
At 349 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Kenansville,
moving north at 10 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Lake Kissimmee, Kenansville and Lake Marian.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may cause
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 2804 8087 2782 8087 2782 8088 2781 8088
2773 8117 2775 8118 2776 8117 2783 8122
2785 8124 2785 8127 2786 8130 2792 8131
2794 8135
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 166DEG 8KT 2785 8092
$$
CombsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:50 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MLB | Lake | 54 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 27 min |
| Jul 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 31 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Jul 5, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 66 min |
| Jul 5, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 min | |
| Jul 5, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Osceola | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr |
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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.