Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1993, 7:03 PM EDT for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1993, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1993, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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
- 335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 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 132303 RRA SVRDAB FLC083-132345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 703 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA ...EASTERN MARION COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN MARION COUNTY HAD INTENSIFIED AND HAD BECOME SEVERE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF LAKE GEORGE SOUTH THROUGH THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST WITH THE MOST SEVERE BEING ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ASTER PARK IN SOUTHEAST MARION COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. 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 13, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
FLZ012-132245-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
545 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 1993
...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN NORTHWEST
VOLUSIA COUNTY MAINLY OVER THE BARBERVILLE AREA.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWEST.
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL DURING
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.
REMEMBER...THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.Special weather statement, Jul 13, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
FLZ012-132245-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
545 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 1993
...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN NORTHWEST
VOLUSIA COUNTY MAINLY OVER THE BARBERVILLE AREA.
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWEST.
THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL DURING
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.
REMEMBER...THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:50 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
FLZ009-132345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
650 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 1993
...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR EAST MARION COUNTY...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN EASTERN
MARION COUNTY FROM JUST WEST OF LAKE GEORGE SOUTH THROUGH THE OCALA
NATIONAL FOREST.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES
AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL DURING
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.
REMEMBER...THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:51 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
FLZ009-132345-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
650 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 1993
...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR EAST MARION COUNTY...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING IN EASTERN
MARION COUNTY FROM JUST WEST OF LAKE GEORGE SOUTH THROUGH THE OCALA
NATIONAL FOREST.
THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 5 MILES
AN HOUR.
THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL DURING
DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS...
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH.
REMEMBER...THE SAFEST PLACE DURING A THUNDERSTORM IS INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 57 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.