Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 1988, 9:10 AM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 1988, 9:10 AM EST (14:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 1988, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, FL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KDAB 051411
SVRDAB
FLC083-051515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
910 AM EST SAT NOV 5 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH FLORIDA
...MARION
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF
DUNNELLON IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 6:22 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ORLANDO FL 616 AM EST SAT NOV 5 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA... A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA... INCLUDING LAKE SEMINOLE ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES...IS IN EFFECT FROM 630 AM EST THIS MORNING UNTIL NOON. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WAT CH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 6:30 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 630 AM EST SAT NOV 5 1988 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 NOON EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...FLAGLER...VOLUSIA AND BREVARD...AND THE INLAND COUNTY OF MARION. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENT AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH FLORIDA FROM AMELIA ISLAND TO THE COASTAL WATERS OF2FSHORE CROSS CITY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN THAT EXTENDED FROM BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO THE GULF WATERS 75 MILES OFFSHORE CRYSTAL RIVER. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 7:43 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 740 AM EST SAT NOV 5 1988 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 NOON EST FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...FLAGLER...VOLUSIA AND BREVARD...AND THE INLAND COUNTY OF MARION. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER NORTH FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM 30 MILES OFFSHORE BRUNSWICK GEORGIA TO 30 MILES OFFSHORE CEDAR KEY FLORIDA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA OF RAIN THAT STRETCHED ACROSS THE PENINSULA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN WAS NEARING OCALA AND THE TRAILING EDGE WAS NEAR LIVE OAK. THE ARiEA WAS MOVING WAS SOUTHEAST 25 MILES AN HOUR...WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 8:18 AM EST, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ORLANDO FL 816 AM EST SAT NOV 5 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA... A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FLORIDA... INCLUDING LAKE SEMINOLE ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY. CURRENT RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEARING NORTHWEST LAKE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 8:41 AM EST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 840 AM EST SAT NOV 5 1988 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AND DOWN THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AT 20 MPH. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM THE EAST COAST NEAR ST AUGUSTINE SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STATE BETWEEN OCALA AND GAINESVILLE AND OVER INTO THE GULF NEAR CEDAR KEY. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOME AREAS THAT THE LINE HAS PASSED THROUGH. PERSONS IN FLAGLER...VOLUSIA AND MARION COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. BOATERS OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS APPROACHING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 8:41 AM EST, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 840 AM EST SAT NOV 5 1988 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...FLAGLER...VOLUSIA...BREVARD AND MARION. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MARCH RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AND DOWN THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AT 20 MPH. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM THE EAST COAST NEAR ST AUGUSTINE SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STATE BETWEEN OCALA AND GAINESVILLE AND OVER INTO THE GULF NEAR CEDAR KEY. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOME AREAS THAT THE LINE HAS PASSED THROUGH. PERSONS IN FLAGLER...VOLUSIA AND MARION COUNTIES CAN EXPECT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. BOATERS OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS APPROACHING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 10:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 11:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 min |
| Nov 5, 11:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 56 min |
| Nov 5, 12:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 57 min |
| Nov 5, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 55 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.