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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 13, 20264 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2026, 4:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2026, 4:55 PM EDT (20:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 5:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 51	2 Nnw Cocoa, FL	USSF wind sensor on tower 100 measured a peak wind gust of 51MPH/44KT from the northwest at 5:25 PM. Earlier, a gust to 45MPH/39KT occurred at 5:20 PM. Sensor elevation is 54 feet.
Jul 13, 5:30 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 47	2 Nnw Cocoa, FL	USSF wind sensor on tower 300 measured a peak wind gust of 47MPH/41KT from the northwest at 5:30 PM. Sensor elevation is 54 feet.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 888 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1283 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

104 
WUUS52 KMLB 132055
SVRMLB
FLC009-095-117-127-132130-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0079.260713T2055Z-260713T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
455 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Seminole County in east central Florida...
  Northwestern Brevard County in east central Florida...
  Southeastern Orange County in east central Florida...
  Southeastern Volusia County in east central Florida...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 455 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Christmas,
  moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Orlando, Titusville, Oviedo, Winter Springs, and Wedgefield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is also occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Remember, lightning can strike beyond 10
miles away from a thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 2840 8066 2845 8129 2869 8126 2874 8097
      2873 8064 2870 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 271DEG 21KT 2855 8104 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement

684 
WWUS52 KMLB 132116
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
516 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026

FLC009-095-117-127-132130-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-260713T2130Z/
Seminole FL-Brevard FL-Orange FL-Volusia FL-
516 PM EDT Mon Jul 13 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SEMINOLE...NORTHWESTERN BREVARD...SOUTHEASTERN
ORANGE AND SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES...

At 515 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Titusville
Airport, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Titusville, Wedgefield, Port Saint John, Christmas, and Mims.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2840 8066 2844 8108 2873 8105 2874 8099
      2873 8064 2870 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 271DEG 22KT 2851 8080 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	31 min
Jul 13, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		38 min
Jul 13, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	26 min
Jul 13, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	36 min
Jul 13, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Osceola	20 min
Jul 13, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jul 13, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	44 min
Jul 13, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	36 min
Jul 13, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole	44 min
Jul 13, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	37 min
Jul 13, 4:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Orange	116 min
Jul 13, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole	24 min
Jul 13, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	24 min
Jul 13, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	33 min
Jul 13, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		88 min
Jul 13, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange	42 min
Jul 13, 5:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Orange, Seminole	96 min
Jul 13, 5:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	43 min
Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	26 min
Jul 13, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	33 min
Jul 13, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	24 min
Jul 13, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	34 min
Jul 13, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Okeechobee	26 min
Jul 13, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	31 min
Jul 13, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	32 min
Jul 13, 7:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		61 min
Jul 13, 7:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Saint Lucie	83 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.