Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 6:03 PM EDT for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAB 132203 SVRDAB FLC083-132245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 603 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA ...SOUTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTWEST MARION COUNTY SOUTH OF OCALA MOVING TOWARD TOP OF THE WORLD OR WEST 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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 13, 5:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
FLZ009-132240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 545 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH MARION COUNTY... ...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR SOUTH MARION COUNTY... AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BELLVIEW. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. DURING THE NEXT HOUR...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH MARION COUNTY AND CAN BRING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS. BEST PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING IS INSIDE A BUILDING OR CAR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 48 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.