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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1993, 4:38 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
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, Jul 10, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 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, 1 hour 29 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, 4:06 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
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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, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 53 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.