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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 13, 2023, 4:11 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 13, 2023, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2023, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 44 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
- 968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 13, 3:53 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:53 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Melbourne FL 1041 AM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>046-053-058-141-144-154-159- 164-247-254-259-264-347-447-547-647-747-140300- Flagler Beach to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm-Volusia- Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20 nm- Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm-Flagler Beach to Volusia- Brevard County Line 20-60 nm-Volusia- Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 20-60 nm- Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 20-60 nm-Inland Volusia- Northern Lake-Orange-Seminole-Osceola-Okeechobee-Coastal Volusia- Southern Lake-Coastal Indian River-Coastal Saint Lucie- Coastal Martin-Inland Northern Brevard-Inland Indian River- Inland Saint Lucie-Inland Martin-Mainland Northern Brevard- Northern Brevard Barrier Islands-Inland Southern Brevard- Mainland Southern Brevard-Southern Brevard Barrier Islands- 1041 AM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... Scattered to numerous rain showers and scattered lightning storms expected today in association with a strong cold front that will sweep through east central Florida today. Some strong to marginally severe storms are forecast. The main threats will be strong to damaging wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph, hail of 1 inch in diameter, locally heavy rainfall that could lead to localized flooding of low lying or urban areas, and occasional to frequent strikes. A tornado or two can not be ruled out, especially along and north of the I-4 corridor. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... Scattered lightning storms are expected to move southward across the area today, and will be capable of producing wind gusts of 35 knots or greater on inland lakes, the Intracoastal Waterway, and adjacent Atlantic waters .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... North winds around 20 kts behind the front will cause seas to become hazardous across the offshore waters this evening with seas increasing to 7 ft. Conditions will be poor across all the waters today. The near shore waters will remain poor tonight, with the nearshore waters of the Treasure coast becoming hazardous late tonight. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A high risk of life threatening rip currents remains at east central Florida beaches. Entering the water is not advised. .WATERSPOUT IMPACT... Conditions will be marginally favorable for the development of waterspouts generally from Melbourne northward. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. The risk for life threatening rip currents is expected to remain high at area beaches Tuesday and into early next week. Hazardous boating conditions will continue into Tuesday as seas of 7 to 8 feet build across the Gulf stream. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters should monitor the weather and self activate if needed. Law/Watson
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 3:45 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 3 days | |
| Mar 13, 4:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 4:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 89 min | |
| Mar 13, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 5:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 min | |
| Mar 13, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 6:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 37 min |
| Mar 13, 7:16 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 11:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 116 min | |
| Mar 13, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 39 min |
| Mar 13, 12:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Mar 13, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 44 min |
| Mar 13, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 20 min |
| Mar 13, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Mar 13, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 24 min |
| Mar 13, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 41 min |
| Mar 13, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 76 min | |
| Mar 13, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 117 min | |
| Mar 13, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 37 min |
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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.