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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 30, 2026Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2026, 1:08 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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 30, 2026, 1:08 PM EDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 50

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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: 1582 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

453 
WWUS82 KMLB 301708
SPSMLB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
108 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026
 
FLZ045-301745-
Orange FL-
108 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH 145
PM EDT...

At 107 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Ocoee to Universal Studios. These storms
were nearly stationary.

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, Ocoee, Winter Garden, and Winter Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 2875 8152 2869 8146 2864 8146 2864 8141
      2850 8126 2835 8142 2835 8150 2861 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 356DEG 1KT 2861 8153 2847 8146 

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

$$

Haley

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 1:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Orange	91 min
Jun 30, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	32 min
Jun 30, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	37 min
Jun 30, 2:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange	27 min
Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	36 min
Jun 30, 3:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake	85 min
Jun 30, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	33 min
Jun 30, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	34 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.