Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 1992, 3:17 PM EDT for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1992, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Flagler County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1170 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 061918 SVRDAB FLC035-062015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 317 PM EDT MON JUL 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...FLAGLER COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERTORMS MOVING RAPIDLY ACROSS FLAGLER COUNTY TOWARD THE EAST COAST... AT 320PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OFF THE EAST SHORE OF LAKE CRESCENT INTO WEST CENTRAL FLAGLER COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON A TRACK THAT WILL TAKE THE STORM VERY NEAR ANDALUSIA AND SR 100 TOWARD BUNNELL ...PALM COAST...AND FLAGLER BEACH. 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. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...BOATERS IN THE THREATEENED AREA CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS...ROUGH SEAS AND LIGHTNING. BOATERS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO AVOID THE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS.
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, Jul 6, 3:06 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
FLZ009-012-062015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 306 PM EDT MON JUL 6 1992 THIS IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MARION...FLAGLER... AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES AND THEIR ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS... AT 305 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING MARION COUNTY. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF LAKE GEORGE INTO CENTRAL MARION COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTING FLAGLER AND THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MINUTES...AND THEIR COASTAL WATERS SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. BOATERS TOO..CAN EXPECT LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BE ON THTE LOOKOUT FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...PAYING CLOSE HEED TO LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND EXPECT DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 56 min |
| Jul 6, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange | 68 min |
| Jul 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 65 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.