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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, 4:27 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 947 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 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
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.

966 
WWUS82 KMLB 032027
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
427 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
FLZ047-032100-
Southern Brevard County FL-
427 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact southern Brevard County through 
500 PM EDT...

At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
over Melbourne and Palm Bay, moving east at 20 mph.

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, Sebastian, Satellite Beach and Malabar. 

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 2782 8047 2785 8049 2782 8051 2782 8087
      2814 8085 2827 8057 2816 8057 2783 8042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 252DEG 19KT 2808 8066 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Aug 3, 2:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBSaint Lucie2 hr
Aug 3, 3:22 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMLBSaint Lucie113 min
Aug 3, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola33 min
Aug 3, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Aug 3, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard42 min
Aug 3, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB60 min
Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard2 hr
Aug 3, 4:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMLBBrevard95 min
Aug 3, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB52 min
Aug 3, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB59 min
Aug 3, 7:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole22 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.