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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 5, 2025Orange County, Seminole County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2025, 7:34 PM EDT for Orange County, Seminole County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2025, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 79 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1286 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 5, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 7:32 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:40 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
640 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025

FLZ045-046-052315-
Orange FL-Seminole FL-
640 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SEMINOLE AND WESTERN
ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...

At 640 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from Winter Springs to near Oak
Ridge. These storms were nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Orlando, Sanford, Apopka, Altamonte Springs, and Ocoee.

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!

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 2879 8143 2873 8111 2839 8130 2845 8166
      2847 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 285DEG 4KT 2867 8129 2851 8140

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Heil
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard37 min
Aug 4, 8:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB57 min
Aug 4, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole24 min
Aug 4, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange25 min
Aug 4, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB54 min
Aug 4, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake23 min
Aug 5, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler35 min
Aug 5, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 min
Aug 5, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia25 min
Aug 5, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia17 min
Aug 5, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange24 min
Aug 5, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia31 min
Aug 5, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange35 min
Aug 5, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Seminole27 min
Aug 5, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 min
Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia33 min
Aug 5, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole25 min
Aug 5, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange31 min
Aug 5, 7:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOrange, Seminole3 hr
Aug 5, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole31 min
Aug 5, 7:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole35 min
Aug 5, 7:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 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.