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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 3, 1992Palm Beach County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1992, 4:12 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 1992, 4:12 PM EDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Palm Beach County, FL

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPBI 032025
SVRPBI
FLC099-032045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGST
412 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992 WEST PALM BEACH FL

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IJN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ...

IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA

   ...WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY    

AT 407 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER WESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF THE WELLINGTON AREA.

THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR
         
RESIDENTS OF WELLINGTON AND THE ROYAL PALM BEACH AREA SHOULD BE ON      
ALERT FOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM AND SEEK A SAGFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

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.
H6EAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY...SO...DO NOT DRIVE INTO ARES WHERE WATE
R COVERS THE ROAD.

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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 3, 1:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
FLZ009-031930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
130 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992

...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR MARION COUNTY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL
PART OF MARION COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OCALA AND
JUST SOUTH OF BELLVIEW.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY
MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 10 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO
THE EAST PART OF THE COUNTY BY MID AFTERNOON.

THE SAFEST PLACE DURING AN ELECTRICAL STORM IS INDOORS...AWAY FROM
DOORS AND WINDOWS.  MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE ALERT
FOR PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:50 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-032045-

SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
349 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FORMING NEAR SHARPES IN BREVARD COUNTY...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOVOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 345 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...MAINLY NEAR SHARPES IN NORTH BREVARD COUNTY AND
BETWEEN EDGEWATER AND DELTONA IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. IN FACT...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM
EDT.

ELSEWHERE...OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM AVON PARK TO LAKELAND...FROM DELAND TO
GAINESVILLE AND ST AUGUSTINE...AND ALONG PARTS OF I-95 THROUGH INDIAN
RIVER...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.

THE STORMS OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE PENINSULA WERE MOVING SLOWLY
WEST...WHILE OTHERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

THROUGH 6 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SCATTERED
OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORSM WILL BE THE STRONGEST FROM
PALATKA...TO EAST ORANGE COUNTY NEAR BITHLO...TO COCOA...TO
HOLOPAW...AND ALSO NEAR LAKE KISSIMMEE.

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:52 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-032045-

SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
349 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM FORMING NEAR SHARPES IN BREVARD COUNTY...

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 345 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...MAINLY NEAR SHARPES IN NORTH BREVARD COUNTY AND
BETWEEN EDGEWATER AND DELTONA IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. IN FACT...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM
EDT.

ELSEWHERE...OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM AVON PARK TO LAKELAND...FROM DELAND TO
GAINESVILLE AND ST AUGUSTINE...AND ALONG PARTS OF I-95 THROUGH INDIAN
RIVER...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.

THE STORMS OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE PENINSULA WERE MOVING SLOWLY
WEST...WHILE OTHERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

THROUGH 6 PM EDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SCATTERED
OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORSM WILL BE THE STRONGEST FROM
PALATKA...TO EAST ORANGE COUNTY NEAR BITHLO...TO COCOA...TO
HOLOPAW...AND ALSO NEAR LAKE KISSIMMEE.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia60 min
Aug 3, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin31 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.