Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 1993, 2:45 PM EST for Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 1993, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 1993, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brevard County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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, Mar 24, 12:20 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 24, 12:35 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-241825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 1230 PM EST WED MAR 24 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND INCLUDES MARION...FLAGLER... AND VOLUSIA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF BOTH FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES... AT 1225 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST WEST OF WALT DISNEY WORLD TO LAKELAND. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS HAD RAPIDLY DEVELOPED FROM DELAND TO PALATKA. LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURING ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM DAYTONA BEACH TO MELBOURNE.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 1:04 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-241900- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 105 PM EST WED MAR 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 6PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 1254PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW STRONG... CONTINUED BETWEEN ST AUGUSTINE AND OCALA....NEAR DAYTONA BEACH...AND OVER SOUTHERN LAKE...WESTERN ORANGE AND WESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. BETWEEN 1 AND 2PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE KISSIMMEE AND ORLANDO TO CLERMONT AREAS AND APPROACH NORTHERN LAKE AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BOATERS IN PARTICULAR SHOULD BE ALER$T FOR THE APPROACH OF THREATENING WEATHER FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR. BCH
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 1:33 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-241925- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 130 PM EST WED MAR 24 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND INCLUDES MARION...FLAGLER... AND VOLUSIA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF BOTH FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES... AT 125 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT EXTENDED FROM OCALA TO LAKE GEORGE TO JUST OFFSHORE ST AUGUSTINE. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE ALSO OCCURRING BETWEEN LEESBURG AND LAKE WALES...ALL WITHIN AN AREA OF GENERALLY LIGHT RAIN THAT EXTENDED EASTWARD TO THE FLORIDA EAST COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM MELBOURNE TO JACKSONVILLE BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 24, 2:06 PM EST, 39 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-242000- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 204 PM EST WED MAR 24 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 6 PM... AT 200 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN OCALA AND FLAGLER BEACH AND BETWEEN ORLANDO AND KISSIMMEE. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. BETWEEN 3 AND 4 PM...THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER THE COASTAL AREAS FROM ST AUGUSTINE TO VERO BEACH AND CONTINUE AFFECTING THE COASTAL AREAS THROUGH 4 PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STROKES. BOATERS IN PARTICULAR SHOULD BE ALERT AS THESE STORMS MOVE NEAR THE COAST AND OFFSHORE AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 64 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.