Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 1992, 4:44 PM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 1992, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPBI 032043 SVRPBI FLC085-032115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGST 444 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 515 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY AT 440 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STUART. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS DRIFTING TO THE EAST. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY SHOULD BE ON ALERT FOR THIS DANGEROUS STORM AND SEEK A SAFE 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. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLPY...SO...DO NOT DRIVE INTO ARES WHERE WATE R COVERS THE ROAD. NNNN
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, 3 hours 17 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, 54 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. d
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 3:52 PM EDT, 52 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. n
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:33 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
FLZ009-032230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 429 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992 ...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR FLAGLER COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL FLAGLER COUNTY...WEST THROUGH NORTH OF BUNNELL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE SAFEST PLACE DURING AN ELECTRICAL STORM IS INDOORS...AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS. MORTISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.