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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 1993, 3:36 PM EDT for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 1993, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1993, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Palm Beach County, FL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPBI 231936 TORPBI FLC099-232030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 336 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ...EASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AT 335 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY 5 MILES WEST OF BOCA RATON. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED BY A PILOT NEAR THE LANTANA AIRPORT AT 330 PM EDT. THIS PART OF A LARGE THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER THAT EXTENDED FROM PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 23, 3:12 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-232015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL...CORRECTED 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFFSHORE OF CAPE CANAVERAL... AT 3 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR THE SPACE CENTER EXTENDING OFFSHORE OF PLAYALINDA BEACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON TO PORT CANAVERAL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS WITH LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND CHRISTMAS...FROM LAKE APOPKA TO SANFORD AND DELTONA...AND ALONG THE COAST FROM EDGEWATER TO ST AUGUSTINE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 5 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO ST AUGUSTINE... WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF EDGEWATER TO NEAR TITUSVILLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FROM COCOA BEACH TO VERO BEACH.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:13 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-232015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFFSHORE OF CAPE CANAVERAL... AT 3 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR THE SPACE CENTER EXTENDING OFFSHORE OF PLAYALINDA BEACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON TO PORT CANAVERAL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS WITH LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND CHRISTMAS...FROM LAKE APOPKA TO SANFORD AND DELTONA...AND ALONG THE COAST FROM EDGEWATER TO ST AUGUSTINE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 5 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO ST AUGUSTINE.".. WITH OVER THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF EDGEWATER TO NEAR TITUSVILLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FROM COCOA BEACH TO VERO BEACH.
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:15 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-232015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL...CORRECTED TYPO 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFFSHORE OF CAPE CANAVERAL... AT 3 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR THE SPACE CENTER EXTENDING OFFSHORE OF PLAYALINDA BEACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON TO PORT CANAVERAL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS WITH LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND CHRISTMAS...FROM LAKE APOPKA TO SANFORD AND DELTONA...AND ALONG THE COAST FROM EDGEWATER TO ST AUGUSTINE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 5 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CANAVER6AL TO ST AUGUSTINE... WITH OTHER
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:16 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
FLZ009-011-012-016-017-501-232015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL...CORRECTED 312 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OFFSHORE OF CAPE CANAVERAL... AT 3 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR THE SPACE CENTER EXTENDING OFFSHORE OF PLAYALINDA BEACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON TO PORT CANAVERAL DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS WITH LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS. ELSEWHERE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AROUND CHRISTMAS...FROM LAKE APOPKA TO SANFORD AND DELTONA...AND ALONG THE COAST FROM EDGEWATER TO ST AUGUSTINE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE OUTLOOK THROUGH 5 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPHE CANAVERAL TO ST AUGUSTINE... WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF EDGEWATER TO NEAR TITUSVILLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FROM COCOA BEACH TO VERO BEACH.
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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.