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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 3, 2021Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 3:48 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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 3, 2021, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2021, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 947 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

967 
WWUS82 KMLB 031948
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
348 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
FLZ047-053-147-032030-
Southern Brevard County FL-Osceola FL-Northern Brevard County FL-
348 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Brevard and
northeastern Osceola Counties through 430 PM EDT...

At 347 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 
miles east of Holopaw, moving east at 35 mph. Numerous additional 
thunderstorms will develop in eastern Osceola and southern Brevard 
Counties as outflow boundaries collide in the next hour. 

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Palm Bay, Melbourne, Rockledge, Cocoa and Cocoa Beach. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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 2783 8048 2785 8049 2782 8052 2782 8119
      2835 8103 2836 8058 2816 8057 2784 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 266DEG 29KT 2811 8093 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Aug 3, 2:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Saint Lucie	2 hr
Aug 3, 3:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Saint Lucie	113 min
Aug 3, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	33 min
Aug 3, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Aug 3, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	33 min
Aug 3, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		60 min
Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard	2 hr
Aug 3, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard	95 min
Aug 3, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		52 min
Aug 3, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		59 min
Aug 3, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	22 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.