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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 6, 2026Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2026, 1:44 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2026, 1:44 PM EDT (17:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 2218 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -23 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 Aug 6, 6:54 AM EDT, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:54 AM EDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:31 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:44 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
144 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

FLZ045-046-061815-
Orange FL-Seminole FL-
144 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SEMINOLE AND
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM EDT...

At 143 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Pine Castle, or over Oak Ridge, moving northwest at 15 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...
Orlando, Sanford, Altamonte Springs, Ocoee, and Winter Garden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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 2877 8125 2850 8098 2835 8133 2835 8149
      2843 8166 2847 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 127DEG 11KT 2847 8139

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 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
Aug 5, 8:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	30 min
Aug 6, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	29 min
Aug 6, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake, Orange	26 min
Aug 6, 2:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole	118 min
Aug 6, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	23 min
Aug 6, 4:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	26 min
Aug 6, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		61 min
Aug 6, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	29 min
Aug 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	30 min
Aug 6, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	28 min
Aug 6, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		62 min
Aug 6, 7:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Seminole	119 min
Aug 6, 7:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	37 min
Aug 6, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole	113 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.