Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 1992, 5:24 AM EST for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 1992, 5:24 AM EST (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 1992, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 917 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 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 051026 SVRMLB FLC069-051130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 524 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...LAKE COUNTY AT 524 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEESBURG TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLERMONT MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH LAKE COUNTY BETWEEN 530 AND 6OO AM. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF DAMAGE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE TAMPA BAY AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING. 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 READY TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARD YOUR AREA, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME. RG
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, Feb 5, 4:50 AM EST, 34 minutes before
FLZ017-012-011-051045- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 449 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM INCLUDING EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 445 AM A LARGE AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM CRYSTAL RIVER...TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND TO SARASOTA. THIS AREA OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM OCALA TO LAKE COUNTY AND WESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY BY ABOUT 515 AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE EARLY MORNING. ALL PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT THIS MORNING FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO GO TO A SAFE PLACE AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. REMEMBER THAT MOBILE HOMES ARE UNSAFE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOS. RESIDENTS OF MOBILE HOMES SHOULD NOT TRY TO RIDE OUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING SINCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES CAN STRIKE WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE NEWS MEDIA FOR DETAILS ON THIS MORNINGS SEVERE WEATHER DANGER. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE SCATTERED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEST.
Special weather statement, Feb 5, 4:52 AM EST, 32 minutes before
FLZ006>017-20-051100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 443 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 430 AM EST...DAYTONA BEACH RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDER- STORMS JUST OFFSHORE THE WEST COAST BETWEEN CEDAR KEY AND TARPON SPRINGS AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY AND MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT THE WESTERN PART OF VOLUSIA COUNTY BY DAYBREAK. RAIN BLANKETED MUCH OF CENTRAL FLORIDA BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND AVON PARK AND EXTENDED EAST TO PALATKA...SANFORD...AND KENANSVILLE. ANOTHER BATCH OF GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE JACKSONVILLE AREA TO ST AUGUSTINE AND OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM JUST OFFSHORE MATANZAS TO 80 MILES OFFSHORE COCOA BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 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 AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 5, 5:05 AM EST, 19 minutes before
FLC083-051100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 505 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992 THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MARION COUNTY... AT 450 AM EST...DAYTONA BEACH RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN CROSS CITY AND ST PETERSBURG. THIS LINE WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 50 MPH. DURING THE NEXT HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MARION COUNTY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
Special weather statement, Feb 5, 5:15 AM EST, 9 minutes before
FLZ009-051100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 505 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992 THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MARION COUNTY... AT 450 AM EST...DAYTONA BEACH RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN CROSS CITY AND ST PETERSBURG. THIS LINE WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 50 MPH. DURING THE NEXT HOUR...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS MARION COUNTY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED DAMAGE AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN FLOOD LOW L6YING AREAS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 5:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 64 min |
| Feb 5, 5:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 63 min |
| Feb 5, 6:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 6:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 50 min |
| Feb 5, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 65 min |
| Feb 5, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 41 min |
| Feb 5, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler | 65 min |
| Feb 5, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 34 min |
| Feb 5, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 42 min |
| Feb 5, 5:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 56 min |
| Feb 5, 6:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 63 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.