Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1994, 4:28 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1994, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1994, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 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 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1882 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLB 032028 RRA SVRMLB FLC095-009-032130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 428 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AT 430 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN TITUSVILLE...AND OVER WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY JUST WEST OF MAGIC KINGDOM. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TITUSVILLE WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 60 min |
| May 3, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 36 min |
| May 3, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler | 55 min |
| May 3, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 29 min |
| May 3, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 40 min |
| May 3, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler | 66 min |
| May 3, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 42 min |
| May 3, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 61 min |
| May 3, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler | 29 min |
| May 3, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 41 min |
| May 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 42 min |
| May 3, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee | 51 min |
| May 3, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Osceola | 62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.