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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 29, 1994Lake County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1994, 2:55 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 1994, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 1994, 3:53 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Lake County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 848 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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.

NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 29, 2:22 PM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:22 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

FLZ038-040-041-291845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
142 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 800 EDT...

AT 130PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INCICATED
SCATTTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WITHIN AN AREA FROM OCALA TO
DAYTONA BEACH... SOUTH TO MELBOURNE AND WEST TO LAKELAND.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BARBERVILLE... SOUTH
OF ORLANDO... JUST SOUTHWEST OF MELBOURNE... AND SOUTH OF ASTOR PARK.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAY TUNE NOAA RADIO FOR FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT.

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

FLZ038-040-041-291845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
142 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 800 EDT...

AT 130PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INCICATED
SCATTTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WITHIN AN AREA FROM OCALA TO
DAYTONA BEACH... SOUTH TO MELBOURNE AND WEST TO LAKELAND.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BARBERVILLE... SOUTH
OF ORLANDO... JUST SOUTHWEST OF MELBOURNE... AND SOUTH OF ASTOR PARK.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STAY TUNE NOAA RADIO FOR FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT.

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:02 PM EDT, 53 minutes before

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-501-291905-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
202 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 200 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT MELBOURNE INDICATED CLUSTERS OF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM DOWNTOWN ORLANDO TO
ST CLOUD. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM HOLOPAW TO DEER PARK
SOUTHWARD TO THE OKEECHOBEE COUNTY LINE. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DRIFTING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...AND FROM
LADY LAKE TO PITTMAN TO DELEON SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPRATT

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:04 PM EDT, 51 minutes before

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-501-291905-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
202 PM EDT SUN MAY 29 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA UNTIL 8 PM...

AT 200 PM...WEATHER RADAR AT MELBOURNE INDICATED CLUSTERS OF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM DOWNTOWN ORLANDO TO
ST CLOUD. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM HOLOPAW TO DEER PARK
SOUTHWARD TO THE OKEECHOBEE COUNTY LINE. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 3
INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE DRIFTING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ACROSS SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...AND FROM
LADY LAKE TO PITTMAN TO DELEON SPRINGS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SLO$WLY SOUTHEAST.

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SHELTER IF A STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

SPRATT

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:46 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 11:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Indian River	48 min
May 29, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Osceola	60 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.