Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 5:14 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1992, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Volusia County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 787 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1045 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
- 5 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 152116 SVRDAB FLC127-152145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 514 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT DAYTONA BEACH DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF BARBERVILLE NEAR THE LAKE COUNTY LINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDS SOUTHWARD TO MOUNT DORA. DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF VOLUSIA COUNTY. 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 15, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
FLZ009-012-152115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 315 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR MARION AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTH PART OF VOLUSIA COUNTY...JUST INLAND FROM THE COAST...AROUND OAK HILL...EDGEWATER AND NEW SMYRNA BEACH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH AND NORTHWEST. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SOUTH OF DUNNELLON AND SUMMERFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SOUTH PART OF MARION COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY MOVE THROUGH MARION AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. MORTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-152100- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 351 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 345 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY NEAR KENANASVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FURTHER NORTH FROM INLAND FROM MELBOURNE TO NEAR TITUSVILLE AND JUST INLAND FROM DAYTONA AND FLAGLER BEACH. FURTHER INLAND... THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INCREASING FROM NEAR LEESBURG WEST TO WILDWOOD. DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY OVER INLAND AREAS. THE AREAS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM WILL BE OSCEOLA COUNTY FROM KENANSVILLE TO ST CLOUD...AS WELL AS EASTERN ORANGE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO NORTH LAKE AND WESTERN VOLUSIA AS WELL AS EASTERN MARION COUNTIES. WITH THESE LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERZSTORMS...PEOPLE CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS AFTERNOONS WEATHER. RG
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:29 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
FLZ009-012-152125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 425 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR MARION...FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTH PART OF VOLUSIA COUNTY INLAND FROM THE COAST...AND NAER DAYTONA AND NEW SMYRNA BEACH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH AND NORTHWEST. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA SOUTH OF DUNNELLON AND SUMMERFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE SOUTH PART OF MARION COUNTY WITHIN THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY MOVE THROUGH MARION FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. MORTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 4:39 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
FLZ017-011-152145- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 437 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 435 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH...LAKE GEORGE AND AND LEESBURG...AND BETWEEN BITHLO AND TITUSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. DURING THE NEXT HOUR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND DAYTONA BEACH TO BETWEEN OCALA AND SANFORD AND CONTINUE TO LEESBURG AND THE ORLANDO AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER OSCEOLA COUNTY FROM LAKE KISSIMMEE AND HOLOPAW SOUTH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE KISSIMMEE/ST CLOUD AREA BY EARLY EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 49 min |
| Jul 15, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 39 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.