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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 3, 2021Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 7:38 PM EDT for Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 22 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, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Seminole County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 45 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.

779 
WWUS82 KMLB 032338
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
738 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021
 
FLZ141-147-040000-
Coastal Volusia FL-Northern Brevard County FL-
738 PM EDT Tue Aug 3 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Brevard 
and southeastern Volusia Counties through 800 PM EDT...

At 737 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Scottsmoor, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and funnel clouds.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Oak Hill, Haulover Canal, Mims, Playalinda Beach and Scottsmoor. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel
clouds. These types of funnel clouds are harmless, but on rare
occasions they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50
mph. If a funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your
sighting to the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 2866 8096 2885 8095 2888 8075 2864 8058
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 266DEG 20KT 2877 8086 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Kelly

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, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard33 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

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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.