Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 1992, 8:49 PM EST for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 1992, 8:49 PM EST (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 1992, 9:30 PM EST
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 1258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLB 060152 SVRMLB FLC095-060230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 849 PM EST WED FEB 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY AT 845 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH WEST OF BITHLO AND CHRISTMAS, THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF BITHLO TOWARD CHRISTMAS. 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 A STRONG BUILDING. 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, Feb 5, 2:56 PM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-052100- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 255 PM EST WED FEB 5 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR CLERMONT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 8PM THIS EVENING... AT 250 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING WEST OF ORLANDO FROM ZELLWOOD SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE CLERMONT AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR CLERMONT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DURING THE NEXT HOUR THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CLERMONT AND EXTEND FROM SANFORD TO THE ORLANDO AREA AROUND WINTER GARDEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AND PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES.
Local storm report, Feb 5, 2:58 PM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
255 PM EST WED FEB 5 1992
2/5/92 0540 EST MARION COUNTY, SUMMERFIELD, 15 SSE OF OCALA.
CARPORT...INCLUDING THE CONCRETE POSTS... WERE
LIFTED ONTO ROOF OF HOUSE. REPORTED BY THE OCALA
STAR-BANNER. SVR IN EFFECT 0536 TO 0630 EST.
2/5/92 0638 EST VOLUSIA COUNTY, DAYTONA BEACH WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE. WIN&D GUST TO 50 KTS (58 MPH). SVR IN
EFFECT 0615 TO 0715 EST.Special weather statement, Feb 5, 4:47 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AN RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 445 PM EST WED FEB 5 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 800 PM EST THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES MARION...FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA BETWEEN SANFORD AND ORLANDO AND ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF LEESBURG. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF SANFORD AND JUST NORTHEAST OF APOPKA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE EAST COAST FROM FLAGLER BEACH SOUTH TO DAYTONA BEACH AND ALSO ALONG THE GULF COAST AROUND ST PETERSBURG AND TAMPA. MO~VEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 5, 6:46 PM EST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 645 PM EST WED FEB 5 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 800 PM EST THIS EVENING AND INCLUDES MARION...FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA BETWEEN SANFORD AND LEESBURG AND BETWEEN ORLANDO AND LAKELAND. THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO OVER THE INTERIOR OF NORTH FLORIDA JUST EAST OF GAINESVILLE AND OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA BETWEEN TAMPA AND LAKELAND. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN CAPE CANAVERAL AND JACKSONVILLE AND OVER THE ATLANTIC...75 MILES NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF DAYTONA BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, Feb 5, 8:38 PM EST, 11 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-060235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 840 PM EST WED FEB 5 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 1100 PM EST AND INCLUDES MARION...FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE INTERIOR OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AROUND ORLANDO AND FARTHER SOUTH BETWEEN SEBRING AND LAKE WALES. THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST FLORIDA IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA AND OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS EAST OF DAYTONA BEACH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF ORLANDO. MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 9:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 68 min |
| Feb 5, 10:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 37 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.