Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1990, 4:24 PM EDT for Flagler County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1990, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1990, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Flagler County, FL, Volusia 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 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 KDAB 132025 SVRDAB FLC127-035-132130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 424 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...FLAGLER COUNTY AT 420 PM THE DAYTONA BEACH RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COASTAL SECTION OF SOUTH VOLUSIA AND FLAGLER COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOWS THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL..VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ARE CAPABLE OF GENERATING STRONG SURFACE WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTENING. BOATERS SHOULD ALSO BE ALAERT TO THE STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTIONS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THEIR LOCATION. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTE R FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, Jul 13, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-132045- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 2397 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 235 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM COCOA BEACH SOUTH TO MELBOURNE AND VERO BEACH. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A GUST TO 36 MPH AT 222PM. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM THE WEST AND EXTENDED FROM LAKE GEORGE TO WEST OF ORLANDO TO SOUTH OF LAKE KISSIMMEE. OTHER THUNDER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE ORLANDO METRO AREA AND SANFORD AREA AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. MARINE INTERESTS ALONG BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DARKENING SKIES AND BE READY TO HEAD TO SAFE HARBOR.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-132045- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE...CORRECTION FOR TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 239 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING RAPIDLY OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 235 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM COCOA BEACH SOUTH TO MELBOURNE AND VERO BEACH. A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A GUST TO 36 MPH AT 222PM. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM THE WEST AND EXTENDED FROM LAKE GEORGE TO WEST OF ORLANDO TO SOUTH OF LAKE KISSIMMEE. OTHER THUNDER STORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE ORLANDO METRO AREA AND SANFORD AREA AND MOST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS...AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. MARINE INTERESTS ALONG BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DARKENING SKIES AND BE READY TO HEAD TO SAFE HARBOR.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour before
FLZ012-132330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 315 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1990 THIS STATEMENT IS FOR VOLUSIA AND FLAGLER COUNTY. AT 315 PM EDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT DAYTONA BEACH SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST VOLUSIA COUNTY NEAR FROM LAKE GEORGE SOUTHWARD...MOVING NORTHEAST 15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CAUSED HAIL AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS WEST OF ORLANDO AND AREA MOVING INTO WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ALSO MOVE INTO FLAGLER COUNTY AND EASTERN VOLUSIA WITHIN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. RESIDENTS OF VOLUSIA AND FLAGLER COUNTY...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THEY RAPIDLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY...CAUSING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:39 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-132145- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 339 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1990 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 335 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FRO20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAYTONA BEACH TO ORLANDO TO LAKE KISSIMMEE. WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 310PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN TITUSVILLE AND ORLANDO. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST COAST AND INTO THE DAYTONA BEACH CAPE CANAVERAL AND MELBOURNE ARE RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES...SMALHAIL AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THE CENTRAL EAST COAST SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF BAD WEATHER AND BE READY TO HEAD TO SAFE PORT.
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:42 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-132145- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 339 PM EDT FRI JUL 13 1990 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 335 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FRO20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAYTONA BEACH TO ORLANDO TO LAKE KISSIMMEE. WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MPH AT THE ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 310PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN TITUSVILLE AND ORLANDO. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO THE EAST COAST AND INTO THE DAYTONA BEACH CAPE CANAVERAL AND MELBOURNE AREAS. RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THE CENTRAL EAST COAST SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE APPROACH OF BAD WEATHER AND BE READY TO HEAD TO SAFE PORT.
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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.