Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT for Martin County, Okeechobee County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Martin County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPBI 102030 SVRPBI FLC093-085-111-102115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 430 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH FLORIDA ...EAST CENTRAL OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ST.LUC COUNTY AT 425 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES EAST OF OKEECHOBEE CITY ALONG THE OKECHOBEE- ST. LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTY BORDERS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING WEST. 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. 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, Jul 10, 2:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
FLZ017-101945- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 240 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING INLAND THE COAST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 235 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING INLAND THE COAST FROM THE VOLUSIA/BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO VERO BEACH. MOST WERE ALONG INTERSTATE 95 WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN THE COCOA AND ROCKLEDGE AREAS AND NEAR FELLSMERE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IF IT APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-102045- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 338 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...RATHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING DEER PARK... AT 335 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A RATHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE BREVARD/OSCEOLA COUNTY LINE ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF MELBOURNE...APPROACHING THE SMALL TOWN OF DEER PARK IN OSCEOLA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY WEST. ELSEWHERE...OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR ROCKLEDGE AND COCOA...TO JUST WEST OF MELBOURNE...TO FELLSMERE. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. THROUGH 5PM...THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG OVER PARTS OF BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...ORANGE...AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND SOME HAIL. STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM BITHLO AND CHRISTMAS...TO ST CLOUD AND HOLOPAW...TO KENANSVILLE.
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.