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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2024, 12:21 PM EDT for Okeechobee 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
- Aug 7, 2024, 12:21 PM EDT (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2024, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
County Okeechobee County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1601 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted.
009
WWUS82 KMLB 071621
SPSMLB
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1221 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2024
FLZ053-058-254-547-071645-
Okeechobee FL-Osceola FL-Inland Indian River FL-
Inland Southern Brevard FL-
1221 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT OKEECHOBEE...WESTERN INDIAN
RIVER...SOUTHWESTERN BREVARD AND SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES
THROUGH 1245 PM EDT...
At 1221 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles southeast of Holopaw to 6 miles south
of Lake Marian to 9 miles southwest of Kissimmee Prairie Preserve.
Movement was east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Palm Bay, Basinger, Lake Marian, Kenansville, and Blue Cypress Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
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 2737 8105 2738 8107 2739 8111 2742 8114
2745 8115 2749 8120 2751 8120 2753 8121
2755 8121 2756 8118 2760 8114 2764 8114
2766 8113 2771 8115 2773 8117 2774 8117
2809 8106 2800 8067 2765 8069 2730 8085
TIME...MOT...LOC 1621Z 291DEG 29KT 2804 8101 2778 8104 2749 8116
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
TollefsenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:30 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 16 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 54 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 68 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 51 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 66 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.