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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 2:39 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2:41 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 41 | Orlando International A, FL | ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 41 MPH/36 KT FROM THE NW. |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1107 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
765 WWUS82 KMLB 011839 SPSMLB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Melbourne FL 239 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021 FLZ045-011930- Orange FL- 239 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM EDT... At 239 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Orlando International Airport, moving east at 20 mph. Winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Orlando, Wedgefield, Orlando International Airport, Avalon Park and Azalea Park. 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 2835 8144 2857 8142 2856 8112 2835 8109 TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 270DEG 18KT 2846 8131 $$ KN
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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.