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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 2:14 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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 2, 2021, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | Orlando International A, FL | ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ASOS REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH/35 KT FROM THE WNW. |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
906 WWUS82 KMLB 021814 SPSMLB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Melbourne FL 214 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021 FLZ045-053-021900- Osceola FL-Orange FL- 214 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE AND NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM EDT... At 214 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Buena Ventura Lakes, moving east at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 45 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Orlando, Kissimmee, Wedgefield, Buena Ventura Lakes and East Lake Toho. 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 2827 8145 2847 8147 2851 8113 2829 8114 TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 271DEG 12KT 2838 8136 $$ KN
The 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, 12:40 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, 2:22 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.