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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 8, 2023Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2023, 9:21 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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: Aug 8, 2023, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2023, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 29 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2510 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

248 
WWUS82 KMLB 090121
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
921 PM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023
 
FLZ045-247-347-447-647-747-090200-
Southern Brevard Barrier Islands FL-
Northern Brevard Barrier Islands FL-Orange FL-
Mainland Northern Brevard FL-Mainland Southern Brevard FL-
Inland Northern Brevard FL-
921 PM EDT Tue Aug 8 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Brevard and
southeastern Orange Counties through 1000 PM EDT...

At 920 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Haulover Canal to near Canaveral Groves.
Movement was east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Titusville, Cocoa, Port Saint John, Mims, and Titusville Airport. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 2843 8052 2841 8054 2839 8082 2841 8082
      2841 8088 2838 8089 2838 8096 2878 8085
      2879 8082 2879 8079 2881 8079 2882 8078
      2882 8076 2881 8077 2881 8075 2883 8075
      2884 8072 2860 8054 2853 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 252DEG 12KT 2873 8079 2845 8085 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Heil

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 8:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	23 min
Aug 8, 8:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	28 min
Aug 9, 3:04 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more	16 hr
Aug 9, 3:15 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more	11 hr
Aug 9, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	42 min
Aug 9, 6:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	26 min
Aug 9, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	35 min
Aug 9, 6:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	42 min
Aug 9, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	31 min
Aug 9, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	43 min
Aug 9, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		85 min
Aug 9, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	31 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.