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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 3, 2024Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2024, 11:52 PM EDT for Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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 3, 2024, 11:52 PM EDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2024, 12:30 AM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Indian River County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:51 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 1894 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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.

NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 10:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 10:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 9:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 3, 8:49 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 9:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:00 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:24 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:52 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
Aug 3, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	24 min
Aug 3, 8:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		28 min
Aug 3, 10:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	35 min
Aug 3, 11:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	30 min
Aug 3, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		42 min
Aug 3, 11:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	36 min
Aug 3, 11:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		63 min
Aug 4, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	48 min
Aug 4, 12:37 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		53 min
Aug 4, 1:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		61 min
Aug 4, 3:19 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia	25 hr
Aug 4, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	32 min
Aug 4, 11:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	28 min
Aug 4, 11:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	37 min
Aug 4, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Orange, Osceola, Seminole	28 min
Aug 4, 12:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole	32 min
Aug 4, 12:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	28 min
Aug 4, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole	30 min
Aug 4, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	31 min
Aug 4, 1:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	25 min
Aug 4, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	17 min
Aug 4, 1:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie	42 min
Aug 4, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	28 min
Aug 4, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	33 min
Aug 4, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Saint Lucie	47 min
Aug 4, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	47 min
Aug 4, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	11 min
Aug 4, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	52 min
Aug 4, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	30 min
Aug 4, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		94 min
Aug 4, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		61 min
Aug 4, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	33 min
Aug 4, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		64 min
Aug 4, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		60 min
Aug 4, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	24 min
Aug 4, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	26 min
Aug 4, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		65 min
Aug 4, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		63 min
Aug 4, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	47 min
Aug 4, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		57 min
Aug 4, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	24 min
Aug 4, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		38 min
Aug 4, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		89 min
Aug 4, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Osceola	49 min
Aug 4, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		88 min
Aug 4, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		55 min
Aug 4, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	33 min
Aug 4, 6:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	52 min
Aug 4, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	30 min
Aug 4, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	26 min
Aug 4, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Seminole	45 min
Aug 4, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		119 min
Aug 4, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	34 min
Aug 4, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	43 min
Aug 4, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	37 min
Aug 4, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		59 min
Aug 4, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		59 min
Aug 4, 7:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		56 min
Aug 4, 7:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	24 min
Aug 4, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	30 min
Aug 4, 7:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	39 min
Aug 4, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Volusia	21 min
Aug 4, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	21 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.