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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 5, 1988Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 5, 1988, 12:05 PM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 1988, 12:05 PM EST (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 1988, 1:00 PM EST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Brevard 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1419 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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, 5 hours 35 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, 4 hours 22 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, 3 hours 47 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, 3 hours 24 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, 3 hours 24 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, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 9:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMarion65 min
Nov 5, 10:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia60 min
Nov 5, 11:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard60 min
Nov 5, 11:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola56 min
Nov 5, 12:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.