Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

May 4, 1995, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 1995, 6:30 PM EDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Lake County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KMLB 042133
SVRMLB
FLC069-042230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
533 PM EDT THU MAY 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY NEAR BAY LAKE. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL REACH GROVELAND AND CLERMONT WITHIN THE NEXT
HALF HOUR. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE COVER. PERSONS
IN WESTERN ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
 
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 STRONdG BUILDING. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
GLITTO

NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 2:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
201 PM EDT THU MAY 4 1995

SHOW IS BEGINNING AS LATEST (15Z) CAPE SOUNDING SHOWING LOTS OF POSI
AREA ABOVE CAP AND STORMS ARE STARTING AS SEEN ON 88D/LDAR/LPATS FROM
LK CYPRESS DOWN TO LK OKEE. REVIEWING MODELS SHOW THAT SOME SUPPORT
WILL ENHANCE ACTIVITY SPECIALLY LATER THIS EVENING SO WILL KEEP POPS
(20%) IN THROUGH THE NIGHTIME PERIODS. BEST SUPPORT SHOULD MOVE
THROUGH BY TOMMOROW MORNING BUT WILL KEEP POPS IN OVER C/S SECTIONS AS
BEST MSTR AND CONVG SHOULD BE IN THAT AREA.

@1...VOLUSIA
@2...LAKE ORANGE SEMINOLE OSCEOLA
@3...BREVARD INDIAN RIVER OKEECHOBEE ST LUCIE MARTIN

MCO 68/90/68/88 2210
DAB 67/88/64/82 2100
MLB 71/89/67/84 2200

SJH

In the hours before

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-501-041730-

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1145 AM EDT THU MAY 4 1995

...EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...

LATE THIS MORNING WEATHER BALLOON SOUNDINGS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY
INDICATED THAT THE ATMOSPHERE OVER FLORIDA HAS BECOME POTENTIALLY
QUITE UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION THE DATA INDICATED THAT A WARM LAYER OF
AIR ABOUT 2 MILES ABOVE THE GROUND WAS IN PLACE. THIS LAYER OF WARM
AIR WILL ACT TO SUPRESS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FROM BECOMING
WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BREAK
THROUGH THE LAYER OF WARM AIR WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME QUITE
STRONG. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER THE
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ALONG THE SEA BREEZE FRONT.

ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
FLORIDAS NUMBER ONE WEATHER KILLER - LIGHTNING! IN ADDITION...STRONG^
WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOVE INDOORS IF SKIES DARKEN AND YOU
HEAR THUNDER. DUE TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENT...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

HODANISH

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