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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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
$$
RodriguezThe 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, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 42 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.