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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 8, 2021, 4:18 PM EDT for Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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
- Oct 8, 2021, 4:18 PM EDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
973
WWUS82 KMLB 082018
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
418 PM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021
FLZ041-044>046-082045-
Northern Lake County FL-Orange FL-Seminole FL-Inland Volusia FL-
418 PM EDT Fri Oct 8 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of western Seminole,
east central Lake, north central Orange and south central Volusia
Counties through 445 PM EDT...
At 417 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cassia, moving southeast at 20 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...
Deltona, Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Oviedo and Winter Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is 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 hard-topped vehicle. Remember, when
thunder roars, go indoors!
&&
LAT...LON 2884 8157 2898 8152 2908 8140 2877 8112
2856 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 319DEG 18KT 2888 8143
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 42 min |
| Oct 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 39 min |
| Oct 8, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 83 min | |
| Oct 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Oct 8, 3:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 112 min |
| Oct 8, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 42 min |
| Oct 8, 5:16 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 96 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.