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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 2:22 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nnw New Smyrna Beach, FL | VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO AROUND 240 PM ABOUT ONE MILE NORTH OF THE NEW SMYRNA BEACH AIRPORT. THE TORNADO MOVED TO THE SOUTHEAST, BECOMING A WATERSPOUT THEN DISSIPATED. MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND A VEHICLE SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM DRIVIN |
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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.
331
WWUS82 KMLB 021822
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
222 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
FLZ141-021900-
Coastal Volusia FL-
222 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL
300 PM EDT...
At 222 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Ormond-By-the-Sea to near Port Orange. Movement
was east at 15 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Daytona Beach, Port Orange, Ormond Beach, New Smyrna Beach and South
Daytona.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 2910 8090 2904 8085 2904 8102 2930 8115
2939 8115 2942 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 257DEG 11KT 2932 8108 2912 8098
$$
KellyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 46 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.