Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 29, 1993, 8:07 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1993, 8:07 PM EDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1993, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLB 300008 TORMLB FLC097-300045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 807 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...OSCEOLA COUNTY AT 805 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WHILE A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF HOLOPAW. DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED WITH THIS CELL NEAR YEEHAW JUNCTION. THIS STORM IS TRAVELLING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND INF 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. &
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, May 29, 3:45 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-292145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 345 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEST PART OF VOLUSIA COUNTY... DURING THE PAST HOUR...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE WEST PART OF VOLUSIA COUNTY...REACHING FROM THE NORTHEAST SHORE OF LAKE GEORGE SOUTH TO BARBERVILLE...DELAND AND OSTEEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE AREA AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ALMOST ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES /1.47/ IN ONE HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN SECTIONS OF MARION COUNTY. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER A GOOD PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-292145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 345 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEST PART OF VOLUSIA COUNTY... DURING THE PAST HOUR...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE WEST PART OF VOLUSIA COUNTY...REACHING FROM THE NORTHEAST SHORE OF LAKE GEORGE SOUTH TO BARBERVILLE...DELAND AND OSTEEN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE AREA AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ALMOST ONE AND ONE-HALF INCHES /1.47/ IN ONE HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN SECTIONS OF MARION COUNTY. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER A GOOD PART OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:48 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
FLZ011-292045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 348 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND ORLANDO... AT 345 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM WEST OF MELBOURNE TO ST CLOUD...ORLANDO AND LAKE APOPKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. ALSO...STORMS NORTH OF ORLANDO AROUND THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND ANY STORM THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF THE SAME AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING. PEOPLE AROUND THE ORLANDO METRO AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND REMEMBER THE COMMON SENSE PRECAUTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
FLZ011-292045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 348 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND ORLANDO... AT 345 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM WEST OF MELBOURNE TO ST CLOUD...ORLANDO AND LAKE APOPKA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS. ALSO...STORMS NORTH OF ORLANDO AROUND THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND ANY STORM THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF THE SAME AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING. PEOPLE AROUND THE ORLANDO METRO AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AN.D REMEMBER THE COMMON SENSE PRECAUTIONS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
FLZ011-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 435 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE... AT 435 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED FROM SANFORD TO WINTERPARK TO EXTREME NORTHEAST OSCEOLA COUNTY WEST OF COCOA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. WITH A VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE PENINSULA...AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL POSES THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL STREET FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA NEED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE INDOORS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. REFRAIN FROM USING TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. SPRATT
Special weather statement, May 29, 4:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
FLZ011-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 435 PM EDT SAT MAY 29 1993 ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE... AT 435 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED FROM SANFORD TO WINTERPARK TO EXTREME NORTHEAST OSCEOLA COUNTY WEST OF COCOA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. WITH A VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE PENINSULA...AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL POSES THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL STREET FLOODING. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA NEED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE INDOORS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. REFRAIN FROM USING TELEPHONES AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. SPRATT
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.