Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 1988, 1:50 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 1988, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 1988, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Brevard, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 774 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDAB 191753
SVRDAB
FLC009-191830-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
150 PM EDT TUE APR 19 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
...NORTHERN BREVARD
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
AT 1 50 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR
TITUSVILLE FLORIDA AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...BOATERS
IN THE THREATENED AR/EA CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS...ROUGH SEAS AND
LIGHTNING. BOATERS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO AVOID THE
DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.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, Apr 19, 10:57 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ORLANDO FL 1055 AM EDT TUE APR 19 1988 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA INCLUDING LAKE..ORANGE..OSCEOLA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT. LATEST RADAR SHOWS A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN LAKE COUNTY WEST OF LEESBURG. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. 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 AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 11:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 1145 AM EDT TUE APR 19 1988 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INCLUDING MARION...FLAGLER...VOLUSIA...BREVARD COUNTIES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM EDT. 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 AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TITUSVILLE TO ST. PETERSBURG NORTH TO THE GAINESVILLE AND JACKSONVILLE. IN THIS AREA WAS A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF DELAND TO THE GULF COAST NEAR NEW PORT RICHEY AND THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST EAST OF OCALA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 12:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ORLANDO FL 1215 PM EDT TUE APR 19 1988 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA INCLUDING LAKE..ORANGE..OSCEOLA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. LATEST RADAR SHOWS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE AND WEST CETNRAL ORANGE COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. RESIDENTS OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. AT 1130 AM TH LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE LEESBURG AREA. 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 STATE- MENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 12:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 1245 PM EDT TUE APR 19 1988 TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA INCLUDING MARION...FLAGLER...VOLUSIA...AND BREVARD COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2PM EDT. 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 AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TITUSVILLE TO ST. PETERSBURG NORTH TO THE GAINESVILLE AND JACKSONVILLE. MOST OF STRONG THUNDESTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF DAYTONA BEACH WEST ACROSS LAKE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 1:11 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 110 PM EDT TUE APR 19 1988 THIS STATEMENT IS FOR FLAGLER AND MARION COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED AT 845 AM THIS MORNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR FLAGLER AND MARION COUNTIES. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN THOSE COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 1:41 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 140 PM EDT TUE APR 19 1988 TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA THAT INCLUDES VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 2PM EDT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE BETWEEN ORLANDO AND SANFORD AND SOUTH OF LAKELAND TO TAMPA BAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS THE PENINSU(LA FROM NEAR DAYTONA BEACH TO SARASOTA WEST INTO THE GULF. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM JACKSONVILLE BEACH SOUTH TO DAYTONA BEACH AND EXTENDED TO 125 MILES OFFSHORE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 35 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 12:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 25 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.