Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1992, 1:48 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 57 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
- Jun 29, 1992, 1:48 PM EDT (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1992, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brevard County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:05 PM EDT | 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 2066 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLB 291750 SVRMLB FLC009-291845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 148 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...BREVARD COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...SEBASTIAN INLET TO CAPE CANAVERAL AT 140 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AND WILL MOVE OFFSHORE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BOATERS AND MARINERS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY IF POSSIBLE. RES
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, Jun 29, 11:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-291800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 1155 AM EDT MON JUN 29 1992 ...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR MARION COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PART OF MARION COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE COUNTY. THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN SOME PONDING OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAYS AND SOME FLOODING IN THE LOW LYING AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN DAYTONA BEACH AND ORLANDO AND NORTHEAST OF LAKnELAND AND OVER NORTH FLORIDA BETWEEN PALATKA AND GAINESVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTOMS WERE INCLUDED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT STRETCHED OUT OVER THE EAST GULF. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-291730- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1234 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING OFFSHORE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY... AT 1230 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FROM VERO BEACH TO SEBASTIAN AND FELLSMERE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE OFFHSORE. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM ST AUGUSTINE TO GAINESVILLE...SOUTH TO DAYTONA BEACH...LONGWOOD...ORLANDO...AND CLERMONT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND MOVE ACROSS ORLANDO AND TO CAPE CANAVERAL BY MID AFTERNOON. RES
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:58 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-291800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 101 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1992 ...THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FLAGLER...VOLUSIA... AND MARION COUNTIES...A MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY. AT 1250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE STORMS EXTENDED IN A NEARLY SOLID LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF DAYTONA BEACH INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY AND CONTINUING TO THE WEST COAST NEAR CRYSTAL RIVER. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO BETWEEN DAYTONA BEACH AND TITUSVILLE AND NEAR SANFORD. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE PENINSULA. MARINERS TOO...CAN EXPECT LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20MPH. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURING BETWEEN PALATKA AND JACKSONVILLE...AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF ORLANDO. RAIN COVERED NEARLY ALL OF NORTH FLORIDA NORTH OF A LINE FROM COCOA TO TAM8PA. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRANSITING THESE STORMS AND EXPECT STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:29 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-291830- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 127 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 125 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE SCATTERED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...WEST OF COCOA BEACH...AND NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. MARINE INTERESTS ALL ALONG THE COAST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FAST DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING NOF WATER ON ROADWAYS...WITH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS POSSIBLE. FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RES
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.