Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Jan 16, 1993, 6:56 AM EST (11:56 UTC)

Expired

Jan 16, 1993, 8:00 AM EST

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Brevard County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMLB 161209 COR
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FLC009-161300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
709 AM EST SAT JAN 16 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

   ...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY

  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM...

   ...CAPE CANAVERAL  TO  MELBOURNE BEACH

AT 655 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR COCOA SOUTHWESTWARD TO 20 MILES WEST OF MELBOURNE. THE LINE
OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL
BE MOVING OFFSHORE AROUND CAPE CANAVERAL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES AND APPROACHING THE MELBOURNE AREA AROUND 730 AM.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PzRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE READY TO GO
TO A SAFE PLACE IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE TOWARD YOUR AREA,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME.

In the hours before

FLZ017-011-016-161200-

SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
600 AM EST SAT JAN 16 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

AT 6 AM...A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS DETECTED
BY RADAR FROM THE TAMPA AREA TO NEAR ORLANDO AND OFFSHORE DAYTONA
BEACH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
ACROSS ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STRONG
WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR AS THE STORMS PASS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS...SO PEOPLE SHOULD
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THE FAST MOVING STORMS MOVE INTO
THE AREA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF TORNADOES HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED IN
THE TAMPA BAY AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE
MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

FLZ006>017-020-161225-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
630 AM EST SAT JAN 16 1993

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY INCLUDING THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 1000 AM EST...

AT 625 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF LAKE WALES TO DELAND
TO 20 MILES OFFSHORE EDGEWATER.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND A PORTION OF NORTH FLORIDA FROM WAUCHULA TO
JUST NORTH OF GAINESVILLE...EASTWARD TO THE COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE BEACH AND CAPE CANAVERAL.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 M6PH.

THE TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND MUCH OF
THE REST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.