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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 1, 2021, 9:24 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 66 min. 5 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 9:24 PM EDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 44 | 4 Ne Cape Canaveral, FL | USAF TOWER KSC-0020 MEASURES WIND GUST OF 38KT/44MPH FROM S |
| Aug 1, 9:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 44 | 5 Ne Port Canaveral, FL | USAF TOWER KSC-0003 MEASURES WIND GUST OF 38KT/44MPH FROM S |
| Aug 1, 9:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 4 Ne Port Canaveral, FL | USAF TOWER KSC-0003 MEASURES WIND GUST OF 39KT/45MPH FROM SW |
| Aug 1, 9:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 39 | 5 Ne Port Canaveral, FL | USAF TOWER KSC-0003 MEASURES WIND GUST OF 34KT/39MPH FROM S |
| Aug 1, 10:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 9 N Port Canaveral, FL | USAF TOWER KSC-0108 MEASURES WIND GUST OF 39KT/45MPH FROM 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 1918 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
602
WWUS82 KMLB 020124
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
924 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
FLZ045-047-053-147-020230-
Southern Brevard County FL-Osceola FL-Northern Brevard County FL-
Orange FL-
924 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BREVARD...SOUTHEASTERN
ORANGE AND NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...
At 923 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Lone Cabbage Fish Camp, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Melbourne, Rockledge, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach and Satellite Beach.
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.
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 2839 8056 2834 8057 2814 8054 2807 8088
2835 8101 2861 8055 2854 8052 2845 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 239DEG 16KT 2826 8085
$$
SmithThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 58 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 2, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 53 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 2:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 111 min |
| Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 17 min |
| Aug 2, 2:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange | 112 min |
| Aug 2, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 2, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Aug 2, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 94 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.