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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 10, 1992Marion County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1992, 5:33 PM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 1992, 5:33 PM EST (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 1992, 6:15 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDAB 102236 COR
SVRDAB
FLC083-102315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
533 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA

   ...MARION COUNTY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR ACROSS MARION COUNTY
FROM NORTH OF OCALA TO OCALA AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF OCALA AND
WERE MOVING EAST 25 MPH. HAIL WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST MARION
COUNTY AROUND 515 PM EST AND A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC IN THE TOP OF THE WORLD AREA NEAR OCALA
AROUND THE SAME TIME.


SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QU=ICKLY 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, Mar 10, 5:10 PM EST, 23 minutes before
FLZ009-102315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
510 PM EST TUE MAR 10 1992

THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MARION COUNTY...

AT 510 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF GAINESVILLE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MARION COUNTY TO THE WEST COAST NEAR CRYSTAL RIVER. THESE STORMS WILL
BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES...POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL...AND BY VERY HEAVY RAINS CAUSING
RAPID FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FRO THE APPROACH OF THESE STOaRMS
AND EXERCISE LIGHTING SAFETY RULES...MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS AND EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION...DELAYING DRIVING IF
AT ALL POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.

Nearby

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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.