Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 1992, 10:42 AM EST for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 1992, 10:42 AM EST (15:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 1992, 11:15 AM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPBI 101542 SVRPBI FLC085-111-101615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 1042 AM EST THU DEC 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...MARTIN COUNTY AND ST.LUCIE COUNTIES... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES... AT 1045 AM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF VERO BEACH TO FORT MYERS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN WAS REPORTED IN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY NEAR TREASURE ISLAND. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. & NNNN
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, Dec 10, 6:51 AM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
FLZ011-016-012-009-101345- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 650 AM EST THU DEC 10 1992 ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING LAKE AND EASTERN MARION COUNTINES... AT 640 AM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED ONSHORE OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND WAS APPROACHING EASTERN MARION COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINED FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WHICH WAS SPREADING INLAND FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. RESIDENTS IN LAKE COUNTY AND EASTERN MARION COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PASSES BY 800 AM. BY 900 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ORLANDO METROPOLITAN AREA...AND WILL EXTEND NORTHEAST INTO SEMINOLE AND WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. DB
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 8:38 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-101445- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 838 AM EST THU DEC 10 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ORANGE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON TO SEBASTIAN INLET UNTIL 1015 AM... AT 835 AM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM JUST OFFSHORE OF DAYTONA BEACH TO TITUSVILLE TO SOUTH OF CHRISTMAS AND NEAR LAKE KISSIMMEE. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. BOATERS AND OTHER MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD EXPECT WINDS OVER 34 KTS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ELSEWHERE RAIN AND EMBEDDED SHOWERS WERE FROM DAYTONA BEACH SOUTH TO COCOA BEACH...THEN WEST TO DISNEY AND THE KISSIMMEE RIVER. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. j
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 9:30 AM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-101530- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 930 AM EST THU DEC 10 1992 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON TO SEBASTIAN INLET UNTIL 1015 AM... AT 930 AM A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM OFFSHORE OF MOSQUITO LAGOON TO NEAR PALM BAY EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO KENANSVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING WINDS OVER 34 KTS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SURROUNDING THE LINE OF STORMS WAS AN AREA OF SHOWERS FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO SEBASTIAN...WEST TO HOLOPAW...LAKE KISSI:MMEE AND KENANSVILLE.
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 10:14 AM EST, 28 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-101615- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1014 AM EST THU DEC 10 1992 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM COCOA BEACH TO VERO BEACH UNTIL NOON... AT 1005 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM 50 MILES OFFSHORE OF COCOA BEACH EXTENDING TO SEBASTIAN AT THE COAST THEN ACROSS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 11 AM AND BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO VERO BEACH THROUGH NOON. ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE AROUND MELBOURNE TO NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL. THROUGH NOON NO RAIN IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE AREA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 7:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 67 min |
| Dec 10, 11:10 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Palm Beach | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.