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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 14, 2026Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2026, 2:13 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 17 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 14, 2026, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2026, 2:30 PM EDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 2426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 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 14, 1:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 1:52 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:37 PM EDT, 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
137 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

FLZ259-141800-
Inland St. Lucie FL-
137 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY THROUGH
200 PM EDT...

At 137 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of Tradition, or 12 miles west of White City, moving
west at 10 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of western St. Lucie
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2725 8050 2731 8068 2746 8068 2756 8065
      2748 8043 2747 8043 2745 8040
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 110DEG 10KT 2736 8055

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

Weitlich

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:54 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
154 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

FLZ058-254-259-141830-
Okeechobee FL-Inland St. Lucie FL-Inland Indian River FL-
154 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ST. LUCIE...
NORTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES
THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

At 154 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles southeast of Fort Drum, moving west 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...
Fort Drum and Country Hills Estates.

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 2751 8046 2731 8055 2735 8091 2774 8074
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 112DEG 19KT 2743 8060

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

Haley

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 2:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
213 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

FLZ045-141830-
Orange FL-
213 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY
THROUGH 230 PM EDT...

At 213 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Orlando International Airport. This thunderstorm was nearly
stationary.

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, Orlando International Airport, Conway, Pine Hills, and Oak
Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2860 8149 2847 8117 2835 8132 2835 8139
      2839 8152
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 213DEG 1KT 2842 8135

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 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
Aug 14, 12:25 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more	20 hr
Aug 14, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	23 min
Aug 14, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	36 min
Aug 14, 2:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	34 min
Aug 14, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		62 min
Aug 14, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Osceola	31 min
Aug 14, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	36 min
Aug 14, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	32 min
Aug 14, 4:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Orange, Seminole	116 min
Aug 14, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	36 min
Aug 14, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	29 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.