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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1990, 2:35 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 26, 1990, 2:35 PM EDT (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1990, 3:30 PM EDT
- 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:37 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | 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, 6.6 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
- 2489 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLB 261835 SVRMLB FLC009-261930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 235 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY THE BREVARD COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OVER WEST COCOA AT 230 PM IN A THUNDERSTORM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STTIONARY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 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.
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, Jun 26, 1:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
FLZ017-261830- SPECIAL MARINE WEATHER AND EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 124 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN MOSQUITO LAGOON AND VERO BEACH... THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER EXTREME NORTH BREVARD COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE STRONG AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL. PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN A THUNDERSTORM NEAR OAK HILL IN SOUTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY AROUND 1245 PM. PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THE COASTS OF BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF IT APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:45 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-061500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 135 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 1990 THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CONTINUED TO DEVELOPE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST FROM JACKSONVILLE SOUTH TO VERO BEACH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS JUST NORTH AND SOUTH OF DAYTONA BEACH...AND NEAR 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS SOUTH OF DAYTONA BEACH DURING THE LAST HOUR. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS...RATHER HEAVY RAINFALL...WERE ALONG THE GULF COAST NEAR NEW PORT RICHEY AND CRYSTAL RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND COULD CAUSE STRONG SURFACE WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT WAS EVIDENT. ELSEHWERE...RAIN WAS WIDESPREAD OVER THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE ...STRETCHING OVER THE ATLANTIC FOR OVER 80 MILES.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:24 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
FLZ011-262030- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 223 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY... ESPECIALLY EAST OF MT DORA AND EUSTIS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE IN THIS AREA AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTWINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF LAKE COUNTY AT LEAST THROUGH 430 PM. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF IT APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFRCEMENT8.
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:31 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
FLZ011-262030- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 223 PM EDT TUE JUN 26 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY... ESPECIALLY EAST OF MT DORA AND EUSTIS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE IN THIS AREA AND THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTWINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF LAKE COUNTY AT LEAST THROUGH 430 PM. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF IT APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFRCEMENT?.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.