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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 19, 2023Okeechobee County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2023, 8:30 PM EDT for Okeechobee County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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: May 19, 2023, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2023, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 40

County Okeechobee County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 8:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake	113 min
May 19, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	27 min
May 19, 9:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Okeechobee	118 min
May 19, 9:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Orange	2 hr
May 20, 2:21 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia	18 hr
May 20, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	26 min
May 20, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.