Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1992, 6:15 PM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 1992, 6:15 PM EST (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1992, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAB 252314 SVRDAB FLC083-260015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 615 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA ...MARION COUNTY AT 615 PM EST..A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MARION COUNTY WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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 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, Mar 25, 5:13 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-252315- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 506 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. AT 455 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR CROSS CITY TO GAINESVILLE TO AROUND JACKSONVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN MARION COUNTY AFTER 6 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO ARCADIA. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 10 MPH. DURING THE REST OF THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN STENGTH OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE EVENING. PERSONS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WATCHES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:26 PM EST, 49 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-252330- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 524 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10 PM... THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...LAKE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE...BREVARD... INDIAN RIVER...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 520 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LEVY COUNTY TO GAINESVILLE TO SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE INTO SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTHWARD AT 10 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCASTING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:29 PM EST, 46 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-252330- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 524 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10 PM... THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...LAKE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...SEMINOLE...BREVARD... INDIAN RIVER...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 520 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LEVY COUNTY TO GAINESVILLE TO SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO MARION AND PUTNAM COUNTIES BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE INTO SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING NORTHWARD AT 10 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAcS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL BROADCASTING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:44 PM EST, 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
542 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992
538 PM EST...OFF DUTY SHERRIFS OFFICER REPORTS HAIL APPROXIMATELY
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPfH IN THE
TOWN OF ROMEO IN WESTERN MARION COUNTY AT 538 PM EST.
RUMORS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS BUT NOT CONFIRMED ATR THIS TIME.Local storm report, Mar 25, 5:50 PM EST, 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
550 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992
538 PM EST...OFF DUTY SHERRIFS OFFICER REPORTS HAIL APPROXIMATELY
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE
TOWN OF ROMEO IN WESTERN MARION COUNTY AT 538 PM EST.
RUMORS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS BUT NOT CONFIRMED ATR THIS TIME.
SEVER THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MARION COUNTY
515 TO 615 PM EST.Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:57 PM EST, 18 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-260000- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 552 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 10 PM... AT 550 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM INVERNESS TO SOUTH OF GAINESVILLE. ONE INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN MARION COUNTY...AND HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAKE COUNTY BY 7 PM. PERSONS IN LAKE COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS ISSUED. ELSEWHERE OwVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OVER SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY AND ALONG THE COAST NEAR VERO BEACH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 62 min |
| Mar 25, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 65 min |
| Mar 25, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 60 min |
| Mar 25, 6:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 58 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.