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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 13, 1995Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 1995, 8:50 PM EST for Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 1995, 8:50 PM EST (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Feb 13, 1995, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Saint Lucie County, FL

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMLB 140151 RRA
SVRMLB
FLC111-140230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
850 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...ST. LUCIE COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 848 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS OCCURRING AT THE INDIAN RIVER ST LUCIE
COUNTY LINE ALONG INTERSTATE 95. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AS IT MOVES ALONG THE COUNTY LINE.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAV&Y 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.
 
 
 
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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 Feb 13, 7:51 PM EST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 7:51 PM EST, 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
750 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995

SHORTWAVE IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND PROVIDING DIFLUENT UPPER LEVEL FLOW
PATTERN ACROSS FORECAST AREA. INITIAL AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS AREA EARLY THEN SATELLITE INDICATES THERE MAY BE ANOTHER
ROUND A LITTLE LATER TONIGHT. THEREFORE...CURRENT FORECAST WITH LIKELY POPS IS
LOOKING GOOD. WILL ADD MENTION OF STRONG WIND GUSTS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS FOR
GROUPS 3/4 AS THESE LOCATIONS ARE IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO BEST LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE. OTHERWISE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.

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

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 13, 7:12 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-501-140115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
712 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995

...FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA...

AT 705 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR THE WEST COAST AROUND VENICE AND SARASOTA. IN
ADDITION...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED FROM SOUTH OF
LAKE KISSIMMEE TO LAKE PLACID AND OFFSHORE FT PIERCE. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND
WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM MELBOURNE TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND JUPITER
INLET THROUGH AT LEAST 830 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR A PERIOD OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

ELSEWHERE...A BAND OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
FROM LAKE KISSIMMEE TO ORLANDO...DAYTONA BEACH AND CAPE
CANAVERAL THROUGH 830 PM.

LASCODY

Special weather statement, Feb 13, 7:13 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

FLZ047-053-054-058-059-064-501-140115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
712 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995

...FAST MOVING THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA...

AT 705 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR THE WEST COAST AROUND VENICE AND SARASOTA. IN
ADDITION...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED FROM SOUTH OF
LAKE KISSIMMEE TO LAKE PLACID AND OFFSHORE FT PIERCE. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND
WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM MELBOURNE TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND JUPITER
INLET THROUGH AT LEAST 830 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND
GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR A PERIOD OF
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

ELSEWHERE...A BAND OF SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
FROM LAKE KISSIMMEE TO ORLANDO...DAYTONA BEACH AND CAPE
CANAVERAL THROUGH 830 PM.

LAS(CODY

Special weather statement, Feb 13, 8:18 PM EST, 32 minutes before

FLZ047-054-058-059-064-501-140220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
818 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995

...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING UNTIL 945 PM FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO ST
LUCIE INLET...

AT 815 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR THE COAST
FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO VERO BEACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
RAPIDLY EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BREVARD AND
INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES BY ABOUT 915 PM...THEN WELL OUT OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS BY 10 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF
INTERIOR SECTIONS AND AFFECT ST LUCIE...MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE
COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.

THE STRONGEST STORM AT 815 PM WAS NEAR THE TURNPIKE WEST OF VERO
BEACH.

IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

LASCODY

Special weather statement, Feb 13, 8:19 PM EST, 31 minutes before

FLZ047-054-058-059-064-501-140220-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
818 PM EST MON FEB 13 1995

...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING UNTIL 945 PM FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO ST
LUCIE INLET...

AT 815 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEAR THE COAST
FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO VERO BEACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
RAPIDLY EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BREVARD AND
INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES BY ABOUT 915 PM...THEN WELL OUT OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS BY 10 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF
INTERIOR SECTIONS AND AFFECT ST LUCIE...MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE
COUNTIES BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM.

THE STRONGEST STORM AT 815 PM WAS NEAR THE TURNPIKE WEST OF VERO
BEACH.

IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.

LASCODY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 13, 8:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Indian River	42 min
Feb 13, 10:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Palm Beach	57 min
Feb 13, 11:47 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Palm Beach	43 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.