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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
- 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
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
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
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Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 57 min | |
| Aug 4, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 9:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 54 min | |
| Aug 4, 9:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 66 min | |
| Aug 5, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 17 min |
| Aug 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 66 min | |
| Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 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.