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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 12:40 PM EDT for Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 50 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
- Aug 2, 2021, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 1347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted.
440
WWUS82 KMLB 021640
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1240 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
FLZ147-021730-
Northern Brevard County FL-
1240 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY UNTIL
130 PM EDT...
At 1240 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Mims, moving east at 30 mph.
Winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Titusville, Haulover Canal, Mims, Playalinda Beach and Merritt Island
Wildlife Refuge.
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 2856 8093 2858 8095 2859 8094 2860 8095
2860 8096 2872 8096 2878 8071 2860 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 249DEG 28KT 2863 8090
$$
KNThe 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, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 9:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.