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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 2:53 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 55 | 4 Wsw Cocoa, FL | WEATHER UNDERGROUND SITE KFLCOCOA137 ON LAKE POINSETT MEASURES WIND GUST OF 55MPH FROM THE W |
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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.
081 WWUS82 KMLB 021853 SPSMLB Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Melbourne FL 253 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021 FLZ045-047-053-147-021945- Southern Brevard County FL-Osceola FL-Northern Brevard County FL- Orange FL- 253 PM EDT Mon Aug 2 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD... EASTERN ORANGE AND NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... At 252 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Bithlo to 6 miles southwest of Harmony. Movement was east at 25 mph. Additional storms should develop over northern Brevard as a result of boundary collisions. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Titusville, Cocoa, Wedgefield, Lone Cabbage Fish Camp and Avalon Park. 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 2857 8117 2865 8081 2809 8078 2804 8133 TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 250DEG 20KT 2853 8112 2814 8124 $$ Kelly
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, 2:14 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, 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 |
Nearby
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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.