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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 20, 2026Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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: Jun 20, 2026, 2:07 PM EDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 2215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 1:52 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:52 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1257 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

FLZ045-046-201730-
Orange FL-Seminole FL-
1257 PM EDT Sat Jun 20 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SEMINOLE AND
WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 130 PM EDT...

At 1257 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Winter Garden, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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, Apopka, Altamonte Springs, Ocoee, and Winter Garden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Seek
safe shelter inside a sturdy building or hard-topped vehicle.
Remember, lightning can strike beyond 10 miles away from a
thunderstorm. When thunder roars, go indoors!

&&

LAT...LON 2870 8166 2873 8136 2840 8137 2841 8166
      2854 8166 2858 8165 2859 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 271DEG 15KT 2858 8158

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Tollefsen

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:45 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 2:07 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 12:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	33 min
Jun 20, 12:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		46 min
Jun 20, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	20 min
Jun 20, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole	30 min
Jun 20, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		43 min
Jun 20, 2:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		49 min
Jun 20, 2:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	30 min
Jun 20, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		39 min
Jun 20, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	38 min
Jun 20, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		60 min
Jun 20, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		60 min
Jun 20, 4:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Saint Lucie	88 min
Jun 20, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	27 min
Jun 20, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		96 min
Jun 20, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	43 min

Nearby

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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.