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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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 18, 2026, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2026, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 957 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
555
WUUS52 KMLB 182301
SVRMLB
FLC127-182330-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0097.260818T2301Z-260818T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
701 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Volusia County in east central Florida...
* Until 730 PM EDT.
* At 700 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southwest of Bunnell to near Crescent City
to Lake Delancy, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Pierson, Lake George, Eldridge, Seville, and Bakerstown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2926 8142 2926 8140 2920 8140 2920 8151
2922 8162 2923 8162 2924 8163 2929 8165
2932 8168 2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 006DEG 7KT 2940 8132 2939 8150 2941 8180
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Weitlich2 follow-up statements
223
WWUS52 KMLB 182319
SVSMLB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
719 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
FLC127-182330-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-260818T2330Z/
Volusia FL-
719 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
At 719 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southwest of Bunnell to near Crescent City to
near Lake Delancy, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Pierson, Lake George, Eldridge, Seville, and Bakerstown.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2926 8142 2926 8140 2920 8140 2920 8151
2922 8162 2923 8162 2924 8163 2929 8165
2932 8168 2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 006DEG 7KT 2936 8132 2935 8150 2937 8180
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Weitlich640
WWUS52 KMLB 182330
SVSMLB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
730 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
FLC127-182340-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-260818T2330Z/
Volusia FL-
730 PM EDT Tue Aug 18 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However small
hail and gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
LAT...LON 2926 8142 2926 8140 2920 8140 2920 8151
2922 8162 2923 8162 2924 8163 2929 8165
2932 8168 2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 006DEG 7KT 2934 8132 2933 8150 2935 8180
$$
WatsonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 12:38 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 65 min | |
| Aug 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 56 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 29 min | |
| Aug 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 45 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.