Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 1993, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Volusia County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 989 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Sep 27, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Sep 27, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 257 PM EDT MON SEP 27 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.... AT 300 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MELBOURNE WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER ORANGE AND LAKE COUNTIES FROM MOUNT PLYMOUTH TO CLERMONT...AND ALONG THE COAST FROM JUST OF NORTH OF VERO BEACH TO FORT PIERCE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING HEAVY RAIN. SOME STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CROSS THE AREA. THEY CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOUR IF NECESSARY ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND OFF THE COAST FROM OAK HILL TO PLAYALINDA BEACH. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SANFORD TO KISSIMMEE.
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 3:03 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-272000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 257 PM EDT MON SEP 27 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.... AT 300 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MELBOURNE WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER ORANGE AND LAKE COUNTIES FROM MOUNT PLYMOUTH TO CLERMONT...AND ALONG THE COAST FROM JUST OF NORTH OF VERO BEACH TO FORT PIERCE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A STORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING HEAVY RAIN. SOME STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY CROSS THE AREA. THEY CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOUR IF NECESSARY ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG AND OFF THE COAST FROM OAK HILL TO PLAYALINDA BEACH. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM SANFORD TO KISSIMMEE.
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 3:16 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
FLZ011-272020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 316 PM EDT MON SEP 27 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE ORLANDO METRO AREA UNTIL 430 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING FAVORABLE FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE ORLANDO AREA UNTIL 430 PM THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE ORLANDO AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 3:17 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
FLZ011-272020- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 316 PM EDT MON SEP 27 1993 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE ORLANDO METRO AREA UNTIL 430 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING FAVORABLE FOR VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE ORLANDO AREA UNTIL 430 PM THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE ORLANDO AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO THE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.