Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Melbourne, FL

Issued

Jun 19, 1996, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 19, 1996, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Melbourne, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Brevard County, FL

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMLB 191917
SVRMLB
FLC009-192015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
316 PM EDT WED JUN 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY
 
AT 315 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF SCOTTSMOOR. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED OVER EAST ORANGE COUNTY BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND THE BEELINE. THESE
STORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS AREAS FROM SCOTTSMOOR TO TITUSVILLE
THROUGH 415 PM.
 
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. ADDITIONALLY..THESE STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
FUNNEL CLOUDS. SERVE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN MOBILE
HOMES SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
PETERSEN

NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 2:28 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
228 PM EDT WED JUN 19 1996

NUMEROUS SHOWERS/STORMS(SEVERAL STRONG TO LOCALLY SVR) EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FL THE REST OF THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING. FOR TOMORROW...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IS EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY OPEN UP AND DRIFT NORTHEAST...LEAVING A 500 MB CYCLONIC
SHEAR ZONE FROM THE ATLANTIC EAST OF THE SE STATES ACROSS NORTH FL
INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF. DEEP MOtISTURE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY ARE
FORECAST TO CONTINUE...ALONG WITH DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW.
CONSEQUENTLY...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS SEEM LIKELY FOR WED
ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND EAST COAST...WHERE AGAIN STRONG STORMS MOST
LIKELY.

PETERSEN

In the hours before

FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-501-191730-

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1108 AM EDT WED JUN 19 1996

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DRIFT SLOWLY EAST ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA
TODAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH
THE LOW TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE EAST COAST COUNTIES...WHERE STORMS WILL
MEET THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE.

THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL.

MARINE OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE.

PETERSEN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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