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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 2, 2021Volusia County, Florida

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 2, 2:40 PM EDTTORNADO3 Nnw New Smyrna Beach, FLVOLUSIA 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1347 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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 

$$

Kelly

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB58 min
Aug 1, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard66 min
Aug 1, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Aug 2, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole50 min
Aug 2, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB61 min
Aug 2, 1:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake52 min
Aug 2, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB53 min
Aug 2, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange46 min
Aug 2, 2:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBVolusia111 min
Aug 2, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange17 min
Aug 2, 2:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOrange112 min
Aug 2, 2:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola52 min
Aug 2, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola48 min
Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB88 min
Aug 2, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Aug 2, 3:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Osceola46 min
Aug 2, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard45 min
Aug 2, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange41 min
Aug 2, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB3 hr
Aug 2, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin56 min
Aug 2, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River38 min
Aug 2, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee, Saint Lucie94 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.