Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Aug 1, 1992, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)

Expired

Aug 1, 1992, 3:45 PM EDT

In force

35 min

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Saint Lucie County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KPBI 011927
SVRPBI
FLC111-011945-       

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGST             
310 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 1992WEST PALM BEACH FL

...ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF PALM
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY.RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING

AT 310 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF STUART IN SOUTHERN ST LUCIE COUNTY.

THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 6 MILES AN HOUR.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG  
BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES AN
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.     
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO...DO NOT DRIVE INTO ARES WHERE WATE
R COVERS THE ROAD.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.