Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 1993, 5:36 PM EST for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 1993, 5:36 PM EST (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1993, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Feb 22, 12:12 PM EST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-221815- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1210 PM EST MON FEB 22 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 7 PM... AT 1210 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT FLAGLER BEACH ACROSS LAKE GEORGE TO THE WEST COAST BETWEEN CRYSTAL RIVER AND NEW PORT RICHEY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH ...WHILE THE LINE WAS SLIDING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 2 PM...THIS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD AFFECT AREAS FROM AROUND DAYTONA BEACH ACROSS THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST TO LEESBURG. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEAN CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN SO~ME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 1:20 PM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ011-016-017-221915 SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 115 PM EST MON FEB 22 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO AFFECT LAKE COUNTY... AT 115 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ORMOND BEACH ACROSS THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST TO NEAR LEESBURG. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT THIS TIME WERE FROM AROUND UMATILLA TO SOUTHWEST OF LEESBURG. THOSE ACROSS LAKE COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNPTIL 7 PM...THEREFORE PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SLIDES SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 1:31 PM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-221930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 130 PM EST MON FEB 22 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 700 PM...AND INCLUDES VOLUSIA COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA...REACHING FROM THE EAST COAST JUST NORTH OF DAYTONA BEACH...INTO THE INTERIOR AROUND LEESBURG...AND CONTINUING TO THE GULF COAST NORTH OF TAMPA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED NORTHEAST OVER THE COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS BETWEEN DAYTONA BEACH AND MARINELAND. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER THE INTERIOR JUST EAST OF LEESBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCLUDED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED A GOOD PART OF NORTH FLORIDA. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FARTHER SOUTH ALONG THE EAST COAST BETWEEN VERO BEACH AND MELBOURNE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 MPH...WHILE THE RAIN AREA WAS SLIPPING SOUTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FLORIDA PENINUSLA AT 10 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-222140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 340 PM EST MON FEB 22 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 700 PM...AND INCLUDES VOLUSIA COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA...REACHING FROM THE EAST COAST OVER CAPE CANAVERAL...INTO THE INTERIOR SOUTH OF ORLANDO AND LAKELAND...CONTINUING TO THE GULF COAST JUST SOUTH OF TAMPA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED OVER THE COASTAL AND OFFSHORE WATERS...NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER CAPE CANAVERAL...NEAR THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCLUDED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED A GOOD PART OF NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 40 MPH...WHILE THE RAIN AREA WAS SLIPPING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITION S AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 4:52 PM EST, 44 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-222240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 440 PM EST MON FEB 22 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF VOLUSIA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT 425 PM EST...RADAR DETECTED A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM WAUCHULA TO MELBOURNE...SEAWARD TO 40 MILES OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCLUDED IN AN AREA OF RAIN WITH THE NORTHERN FRINGE EXTENDING FROM TAMPA TO SANFORD TO DAYTONA BEACH. RAIN BLANKETED MUCH OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN BETWEEN MELBOURNE AND FERNANDINA BEACH AND LINGERED INLAND TO JACKSONVILLE. THE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DRIFTING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 68 min |
| Feb 22, 1:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 66 min |
| Feb 22, 2:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 65 min |
| Feb 22, 6:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 6:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.