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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 8, 2021Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Sep 8, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT for Seminole 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
Sep 8, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
50

County Seminole County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2021-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 611 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 2021-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

816 
WWUS82 KMLB 082012
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
412 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021
 
FLZ045-046-082045-
Orange FL-Seminole FL-
412 PM EDT Wed Sep 8 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of western Seminole and
central Orange Counties through 445 PM EDT...

At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Altamonte Springs, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Oviedo, Winter Springs and Winter Park. 

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 2884 8132 2865 8109 2858 8138 2865 8147
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 235DEG 9KT 2866 8139 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Watson

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard31 min
Sep 8, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler11 min
Sep 8, 4:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia34 min
Sep 8, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee41 min
Sep 8, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola40 min
Sep 8, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler39 min
Sep 8, 7:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOrange, Osceola2 hr
Sep 8, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole32 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.