Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 1992, 5:43 PM EST for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 1992, 5:43 PM EST (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 1992, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:55 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Orange, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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
- 466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLB 062246 TORMLB FLC095-062345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 543 PM EST FRI MAR 6 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY ...A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO... AT 541 PM EST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT SIX MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO IN ORANGE COUNTY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO ALREADY HAS A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMANGING WINDS! IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 4:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 4:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 4:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 66 min |
| Mar 6, 5:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 58 min |
| Mar 6, 6:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 42 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.