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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1994, 6:21 PM EDT for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1994, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1994, 7:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 976 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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 Jun 19, 2:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 2:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 225 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 1994 TRW DVLPG ACRS PARTS OF FA ATTM..WITH DPS IN MID 70S AND BETTER LOW LVL CONVRGNC TDA XPCT ACTVTY TO INCRS REST OF AFTN. MID/UPR TROF APRS TO HAVE TWO CIRC CTRS..ONE ALG GULF CST NR LA AND ONE OFF SO CAR CST. APRS LOW ALG GULF CST WL CONT TO DRFT W THRU FCST PD WHILE TROF ASSCD WITH LOW OFF S CAR CST WL SINK SE ALG ATLANTIC CST THRU PD. APRS ATTM FLOW ALF WL BCM NWLY BY 36 HRS AS TROF APRCHS AND VORTS ROTATING THRU TROF MAY ENHANCE ACTVTY NR E CST..WL HAVE TO BE WATCHED THRU LATER CYCLES. HGTS RISING ACRS SRN AND INTO C PENIN ON MON. PW VALUES DECRSG THRU PD BUT STEERING FLOW MAINTAINS WLY COMP SO ACTVTY WL CONT TWD E CST..WL KEEP POPS IN SCT CAT NEXT TWO DAYS AND GO SLGTLY HIER E CST TUE. @1...LAKE SEMINOLE ORANGE OSCEOLA OKEECHOBEE @2...VOLUSIA BREVARD INDIAN RIVER MARTIN ST LUCIE MCO 072/091 072/092 073 52342 DAB 072/089 073/089 073 52342 MLB 073/089 073/089 074 52342 .MLB...NONE. PG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-501-192150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 451 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO LAKE COUNTY... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO FT PIERCE INLET EXPIRED AT 445 PM... AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SUMTER COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF BUSHNELL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LAKE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH MASCOTTE AND CLERMONT WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND CONTINUE INTO ORANGE COUNTY BETWEEN LAKE APOPKA AND THE DISNEY WORLD AREA BY 6 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE THUNDERSTORM AND SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ELSEWHWERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE INDIAN RIVER AND ST LUCIE COUNTY COASTS HAD WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE EAST COAST BETWEEN DAYTONA BEACH AND CAPE CANAVERAL INLAND ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA NORTH OF THE ORLANDO AREA. SOUTH OF ORLANDO..A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR HOLOPAW AND 20 MILES WEST OF VERO BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. PG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-501-192150- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 451 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO LAKE COUNTY... ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO FT PIERCE INLET EXPIRED AT 445 PM... AT 450 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SUMTER COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF BUSHNELL. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LAKE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH MASCOTTE AND CLERMONT WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR AND CONTINUE INTO ORANGE COUNTY BETWEEN LAKE APOPKA AND THE DISNEY WORLD AREA BY 6 PM. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND POSSIBLY HAIL. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE THUNDERSTORM AND SEEK A STURDY SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ELSEWHWERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE INDIAN RIVER AND ST LUCIE COUNTY COASTS HAD WEAKENED DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE EAST COAST BETWEEN DAYTONA BEACH AND CAPE CANAVERAL INLAND ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA NORTH OF THE ORLANDO AREA. SOUTH OF ORLANDO..A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR HOLOPAW AND 20 MILES WEST OF VERO BEACH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MPH. PG
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 5:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 68 min |
| Jun 19, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River | 62 min |
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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.