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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 5, 2025Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2025, 6:57 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 5, 2025, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2025, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 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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The text

As transmitted.

990 
WWUS82 KMLB 052257
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
657 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025
 
FLZ041-052330-
Inland Volusia FL-
657 PM EDT Tue Aug 5 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY THROUGH
730 PM EDT...

At 657 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lake Helen, moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Deltona, Port Orange, DeLand, New Smyrna Beach, and Orange City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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 2905 8101 2904 8101 2903 8100 2902 8100
      2882 8116 2892 8135 2912 8124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 304DEG 5KT 2896 8120 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Heil

The office that day

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, 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, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Seminole, Volusia	26 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.