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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 14, 1993Martin County, Okeechobee County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1993, 1:54 PM EDT for Martin County, Okeechobee County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1993, 1:54 PM EDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1993, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Martin County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 14, 12:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-141740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1235 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN LAKE COUNTY...

AT 1230 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS WAS ALONG THE SUMTER AND LAKE COUNTY LINE MOVING WEST AT
15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LAKE COUNTY IN
THE NEXT HOUR.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...WINDS
GUSTING TO 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

RES
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 12:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-141740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL...CORRECTED STORM MOVEMENT
1235 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN LAKE COUNTY...

AT 1230 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS WAS ALONG THE SUMTER AND LAKE COUNTY LINE MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS LAKE COUNTY IN
THE NEXT HOUR.

SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...WINDS
GUSTING TO 40 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

RES
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:09 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-141810-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
109 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE COUNTY...

AT 105 PM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER LAKE COUNTY
MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME GUSTY WINDS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR DAYTONA BEACH
ACROSS CAPE CANAVERAL...NORTH OF NARCOOSEE AND SOUTHWEST OF
HOLOPAW. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
OVER THE REGION...AND SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:09 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-141810-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
109 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE COUNTY...

AT 105 PM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER LAKE COUNTY
MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME GUSTY WINDS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY DURING THE
NEXT HOUR.

ELSEWHERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM NEAR DAYTONA BEACH
ACROSS CAPE CANAVERAL...NORTH OF NARCOOSEE AND SOUTHWEST OF
HOLOPAW. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.

AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
OVER THE REGION...AND SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE QUITE STRONG.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard61 min
Aug 14, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard46 min
Aug 14, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia69 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.