Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1992, 4:57 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 1992, 4:57 PM EDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 2252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 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 012059 SVRMLB FLC095-012145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 457 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY AT 459 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF BITHLO IN EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY AND WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST TOWARD BITHLO AND CHRISTMAS AND THE VICINTY. PEOPLE IN EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD GO TO A SAFE STURCTURE IMMEDIATLY DURING THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM.. DO NOT TRY TO RIDE OUT THIS STORM IN A MOBILE HOME. 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 A"WAY 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, Aug 1, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012030- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 328 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTH LAKE COUNTY... AT 325 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER NORTH LAKE COUNTY FROM ASTOR PARK TO 3 MILES EAST OF UMATILLA. THESE STORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE PRODUCING SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. THROUGH 5PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG BETWEEN OCALA AND TITUSVILLE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSI\DE AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. IF OUTSIDE...HEAD FOR SHELTER. REMEMBER LIGHTNING SAFETY RULES.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012045- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 349 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING BETWEEN ASTOR PARK AND TITUSVILLE... AT 345 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN ASTOR PARK AND TITUSVILLE. STRONG STORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF ASTOR PARK...TO DELAND...TO JUST NORTH OF SANFORD. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM GAINESVILLE...TO OCALA...TO NEAR LADY LAKE. OTHERS WERE NEAR KISSIMMEE...AND ALONG I-95 IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. THROUGH 5 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN FROM GAINESVILLE AND OCALA...TO NEAR DAYTONA BEACH AND SANFORD. OTHERS WILL FORM OVER EAST ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES AND THROUGH BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES IN PROXIMITY OF I-95.
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:47 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
FLZ017-011-012-012145- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 446 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY... AT 445 PM A LARGE... STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS FROM LAKE HARNEY AND GENEVA TO NEAR CHULUOTA IN EASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 445 AND 530 PM...REACHING INTO EASTERN ORANGE AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THE AREAS OF EASTERN ORANGE INCLUDING UNION PARK... BITHLO AND CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS AND PREPARE TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. ELSEWHERE OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STAY TUNDED TO THIS STATION FOR ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS NEE DED. RG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.