Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 1988, 11:04 AM EST for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 1988, 11:04 AM EST (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 1988, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osceola 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 12.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 6:30 AM EST, 4 hours 34 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, 3 hours 21 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, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 23 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, 2 hours 23 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.
Special weather statement, Nov 5, 10:21 AM EST, 43 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 9:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 65 min |
| 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, 12:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 57 min |
| Nov 5, 12:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 55 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.