Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 7:04 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osceola County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -99 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KMLB 142304 SVRMLB FLC097-150000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 704 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY AT 700 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ALONG HIGHWAY 60 SOUTHEAST OF LAKE KISSIMMEE. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE SOUTH END OF LAKE KISSIMMEE BY 8 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND 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 14, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
FLZ009-142205- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 605 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH MARION COUNTY... ...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR SOUTH MARION COUNTY... AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SMALL CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WEIRSDALE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. DURING THE NEXT HOUR...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTH MARION COUNTY AND CAN BRING STRONG DAMAGfING 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 14, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 54 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.