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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2024, 8:21 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 19, 2024, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2024, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
County Lake County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
833
WWUS82 KMLB 200021
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
821 PM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024
FLZ044-200045-
Northern Lake County FL-
821 PM EDT Fri Jul 19 2024
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY THROUGH
845 PM EDT...
At 820 PM EDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong
thunderstorm near Emeralda, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported dime size hail in
Leesburg at 808 PM EDT.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Leesburg, Eustis, Tavares, Lady Lake, and Lake Griffin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also 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 2896 8195 2896 8167 2879 8174 2880 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 189DEG 13KT 2891 8185
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
SchaperThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 44 min |
| Jul 20, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| Jul 20, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 63 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.