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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 12, 1995Indian River County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1995, 4:47 PM EDT for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 1995, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1995, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Indian River County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 86 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2437 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2437 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMLB 122048 RRA
SVRMLB
FLC061-122130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
447 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 445 PM...MELBOURNE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FELLSMERE. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH AND
WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF FELLSMERE...WABASSO...SOUTH TO VERO BEACH.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...NLARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD MOVE
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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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.