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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 8, 2021Seminole County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1337 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 2021-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia42 min
Oct 8, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia39 min
Oct 8, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB83 min
Oct 8, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Oct 8, 3:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBSeminole, Volusia112 min
Oct 8, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard42 min
Oct 8, 5:16 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMLBLake, Volusia4 hr
Oct 8, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB96 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.