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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 8, 2021Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2021, 12:49 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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 8, 2021, 12:49 PM EDT (16:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2021-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 652 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 2021-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
652 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

767 
WWUS82 KMLB 081649
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1249 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
 
FLZ041-141-081730-
Coastal Volusia FL-Inland Volusia FL-
1249 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM EDT...

At 1247 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Maytown, or 8 miles southwest of Edgewater, moving
northeast at 20 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Deltona, Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater and Orange City. 

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 2908 8089 2882 8070 2879 8097 2869 8097
      2869 8102 2875 8106 2878 8105 2881 8107
      2883 8111 2882 8113 2881 8112 2879 8114
      2879 8118 2880 8118 2891 8133 2912 8091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 246DEG 19KT 2890 8102 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange30 min
Jul 8, 12:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake42 min
Jul 8, 12:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange26 min
Jul 8, 2:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB88 min
Jul 8, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB67 min
Jul 8, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB94 min
Jul 8, 4:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard83 min
Jul 8, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee34 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.