Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1992, 6:51 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1992, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 KMLB 152251 SVRMLB FLC069-152330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 651 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY AT 750 WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE LOUISA NEAR STATE ROAD 27. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND WILL REACH LAKE LOUISA WITHIN 15 MINUTES AND THE CLERMONT AREA WITHIN A HALF HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 3:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 59 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, 2 hours 22 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, 2 hours 12 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
FLZ017-011-152245- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 543 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 540 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BARBERVILLE AND ASTOR PARK TO APOPKA AND SANFORD AND CONTINUED TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF ORLANDO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AN POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DURING THE NEXT HOUR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE INTERIOR OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM LAKE GEORGE TO EUSTIS AND SANFORD AND CONTINUE TO ORLANDO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO REACH SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY. PERSONS IN INLAND AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL NEWSx MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADAR FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SHOWERS WERE BETWEEN HOLOPAW AND LAKE KISSIMMEE...AND BETWEEN OCALA AND HOMOSASSA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:02 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
FLZ0012-152330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 600 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF FLAGLER COUNTY... AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A BROKEN BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST OFFSHORE FLAGLER BEACH TO BUNNELL...SOUTHWESTARD TO BARBERVILLE AND INTO LAKE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DURING THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT NORTHWEST VOLUSIA COUNTY AND THE EASTERN HALF OF FLAGLER COUNTY INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. RESIDENTS... AS WELL AS BOATERS...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER OR HARBOR WITH THE APPROACH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 6:28 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
FLZ017-011-152330- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 627 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN ORANGE AND LAKE COUNTIES... AT 620 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF UMATILLA SOUTH TO ZELLWOOD AND CONTINUED TO WINTER GARDEN AND EXTREME SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY SOUTH OF LAKE LOUISA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. DURING THE NEXT HOUR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY WEST OF ORLANDO INTO LAKE COUNTY FROM ASTOR PARK TO UMATILLA AND MT DORA THEN CONTINUE TO CLERMONT AND BAY LAKE. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN LAKE AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND OCALA...AND EAST OF ORLANDO TO OVEIDO AND BITHLO.
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, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 31 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.