Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1992, 7:16 AM EST for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1992, 7:16 AM EST (12:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1992, 8:15 AM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Flagler County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAB 071217 SVRDAB FLC035-071315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 716 AM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...FLAGLER COUNTY AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF FLAGLER COUNTY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED ON RADAR ENTERING THE WEST PARTS OF FLAGLER COUNTY AND WERE MOVING EAST 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER 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. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...BOATERS IN THE THREATENED AREA CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS...ROUGH SEAS AND LkIGHTNING. BOATERS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO AVOID THE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.
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
Local storm report, Mar 7, 2:45 AM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 245 AM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 REF: SEVERE WEATHER FOR FRIDAY MARCH 6, 1992 COUNTY: SEMINOLE TIME: 5:00 - 5:30 PM EST EVENT: STARTING AT 5PM...LARGE HAIL BEGAN TO FALL ALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST SEMINOLE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR LONGWOOD AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. THE HAIL LASTED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES IN EACH LOCATION. WHEN FINISHED...LARGE HAIL FROM DIME TO GOLF BALL SIZE...COVERED THE GROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES DEEP UNIFORMLY. HAIL QUICKLY CLOGGED MOST DRAINAGE PASSAGES WHICH RESULTED IN MOUNDING PILES OF HAIL DUE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. HAIL DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE. BROKEN WINDOWS...VEHICLE...AND ROOF DAMAGE WAS WIDESPREAD IN THE AREA. A GAS STATION (SERVICE AREA) ROOF COLLAPSED DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE HAIL. WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED AT AN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS HOTEL IN WHICH BRICK WALLS FELL OVER INTO THE ADJACENT PARKING LOT CRUSHING AT LEAST TWO CARS. ALSO...JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE HOTEL...A ROOF FROM AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS BLOWN OFF. SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN AS WELL AS NUMEROUS POWER LINES. MEDIA CALLING HAIL EVENT WORST IN RECENT MEMORY. WARNINGS: SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 454 PM TO 600 PM EST. .......... COUNTY: BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER TIME: 6:05 - 6:45 PM EST EVENT: REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE TOWN OF GRANT THAT WIND DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED AROUND 605 PM. SOME SIGNS AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. ALSO...SOME TREES WERE BLOWN OVER AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED. STORM CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE COAST CAUSING PROBLEMS IN BAREFOOT BAY AND SEBASTIAN INLET. TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN BOTH LOCATIONS. SOME ROOF DAMAGE IN BAREFOOT BAY. WARNINGS: SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NEAR SHORE WATERS COCOA BEACH TO SEBASTIAN INLET FROM 527 PM TO 630 PM EST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 618 TO 700 PM EST. DWS
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:22 AM EST, 54 minutes before
FLZ009-071230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 622 AM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MARION COUNTY... AT 620 AM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAINS... AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...WERE MOVING ACROSS MARION COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF GAINESVILLE TO NEAR WILDWOOD. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. SO FAR THE GREATEST THREAT POSED BY THESE STORMS WAS VERY HEAVY RAINS...MOTORISTS...AND THE NUMEROUS MOTORCYCLISTS IN THE AREA... ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF THESE STORMS ARE ENCOUNTERED. c
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:32 AM EST, 44 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-071230- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 630 AM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS MARION COUNTY... AT 625 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WESTERN MARION COUNTY. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS OR SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH TO AVOID LIGHTNING. BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:51 AM EST, 25 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-071400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 651 AM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MARION...FLAGLER...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA... AT 645 AM EST A NEARLY SOLID BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN GAINESVILLE AND PALATKA TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MARION COUNTY...BETWEEN DUNNELLON AND WILDWOOD. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT JUST OVER 20 MPH. WITH NO REASON TO SUSPECT THESE STORMS WILL NOT STAY INTACT...THEY WILL LIKELY BEGIN ENTERING THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF FLAGLER COUNTY AROUND 730 AM AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINS...LIGHTNING INDICATORS HAVE SHOWN A SHARP INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STRIKES IN WESTERN MARION COUNTY DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS..AND ESPECIALLY MOTORISTS..IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO EXCERSISE EXTREME CAUTION...PAYING STRICK HEED TO LIGHTNING SAFETY TIPS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 2:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 55 min |
| Mar 7, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 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.