Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Mar 15, 1986, 8:38 AM EST (13:38 UTC)

Expired

Mar 15, 1986, 9:30 AM EST

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

Area

Whole counties

Counties Flagler County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
838 AM EST SAT MAR 15 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND 
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...FLAGLER...NORTHERN VOLUSIA AND EASTERN MARION
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED

RADAR SPOTTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MARION
COUNTY NEAR THE OCALA FOREST. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST
30 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY HAVE DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS OVER LAKE GEORGE.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR THE WARNED AREA GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER
AND PREPARE FOR STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAIN..
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

REMEMBER)..THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
740AM EST SAT MAR 15 1986

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN PLACED IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR MARION..VOLUSIA..FLAGLER..BREVARD..AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES AND
INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH IS ALSO IN FOR MOST OF
THE REMAINING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA..

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM
JUST NORTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE THROUGH OCALA TO THE WEST COAST NEAR
CRYSTAL RIVER AND HOMOSASSA SPRINGS AND CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MILES
INTO THE GULF. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG
THE EAST COAST BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND ST AUGUSTINE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SEVERE AND ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE STRONG
DAMAGING WINDS..POSSIBLY DANGEROUS HAIL..AS WELL AS VERY HEAVY RANFALL
AMOUNTS ENOUGH TO CAUSE RAPID FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

IN ADDITION A TORNADO WATCH INDICATES CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVLOPMENT OF TORNADOES ALONG WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS YOU SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

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.