Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1992, 3:00 PM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1992, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1992, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brevard County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:15 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Brevard, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLB 072003 RRA SVRMLB FLC009-072100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 300 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...CENTRAL AND SOUTH BREVARD COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...CAPE CANAVERAL TO COCOA BEACH ...COCOA BEACH TO MELBOURNE BEACH ...MELBOURNE BEACH TO SEBASTIAN INLET AT 3PM EST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OSCEOLA COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF HOLOPAW ON RT 192. THIS STORM HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW SEVERE SIGNATURES AND WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH BREVARD COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD PASS JUST SOUTH OF MELBOURNE...TOWARDS MALABAR...DURING THE HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FRO_M WINDOWS.
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, Mar 7, 9:39 AM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
FLZ011-012-071545- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 937 AM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 935 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF LADY LAKE IN NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY EAST TO ASTOR PARK AND JUST EAST OF DELAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. DURING THE NEXT HOUR THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN ORMOND BEACH AND NEW SMYRNA BEACH WEST THROUGH DELEON SPRINGS TO BETWEEN LADY LAKE AND UMATILLA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS MORNING. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ALONG THE COAST AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS NORTH OF ORMOND BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE AND CONTINUED INLAND TO WEST OF GAINESVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. PAF
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 10:53 AM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes before
FLZ011-071700- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1051 AM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY... AT 1050 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS OF OVER 40 MPH AND POSSIBLE HAIL OVER NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY FROM EUSTIS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UMATILLA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH MT DORA AND MT PLYMOUTH WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED NORTH OF SANFORD AND DAYTONA BEACH THROUGH OCALA AND PALATKA AND CONTINUED INTO NORTH FLORIDA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PAF
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 11:34 AM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before
FLZ011-071730- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1133 AM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SEMINOLE COUNTY... AT 1130 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF LAKE MARY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE JUST WEST OF LAKE MARY AND THROUGH LONGWOOD AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THEY APPROACH. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED NORTH OF CLERMONT AND LONGWOOD EXTENDING NORTH TO PALATKA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. PAF
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 1:01 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
FLZ017-011-071900- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 100 PM EST SAT MAR 7 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 100 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WINTER GARDEN THROUGH WINTER PARK THEN CONTINUED EAST ALONG THE ORANGE/ SEMINOLE COUNTY LINE INTO NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY NEAR MIMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE ORLANDO AREA AND AROUND TITUSVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS OF THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF 1/2 INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PAF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 7:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler | 59 min |
| 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 |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.