Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1992, 6:25 PM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 65 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 25, 1992, 6:25 PM EST (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1992, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Palm Beach County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 6:30 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Palm Beach, 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 text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPBI 252325 SVRPBI FLC099-260030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 625 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR... ...WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WATERS OF SOUTHERN LAKE OKEECHOBEE AT 625 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELLE GLADE AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN THE CLEWISTON AREA IN THE PAST HOUR. BOATERS ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE SHOULD RETURN TO SHORE UNTIL THIS SEVERE STORM PASSES. RESIDENTS OF WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 10 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. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY. NNNN
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 12 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, 59 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, 56 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, 41 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, 35 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, 28 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, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 60 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 |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.