Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1993, 3:14 PM EDT for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 3:14 PM EDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 1582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KDAB 101917 RRA SVRDAB FLC083-102000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 314 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA ...SOUTHEASTERN MARION COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF MARION COUNTY...MAINLY OVER THE EXTREME SOUTH PART OF THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST EAST OF WEIRSDALE...AND JUST NORTH OF BELLVIEW. THESE STORMS SHOWED LITTLE MOVEMENT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jul 10, 3:05 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-102110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 305 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 300 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY...AND ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT BETWEEN ORLANDO AND CAPE CANAVERAL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INLAND FROM SEMINOLE COUNTY INTO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...AND ALSO ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM JUST WEST OF DAYTONA BEACH TO JUST WEST OF VERO BEACH. LITTLE IF ANY DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:09 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-102110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 305 PM EDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 300 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY...AND ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT BETWEEN ORLANDO AND CAPE CANAVERAL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INLAND FROM SEMINOLE COUNTY INTO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY...AND ALSO ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM JUST WEST OF DAYTONA BEACH TO JUST WEST OF VERO BEACH. LITTLE IF ANY DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.