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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 9, 1999Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 1999, 5:21 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 1999, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 1999, 5:50 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Brevard County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 929 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 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 092121 RRA
SVRMLB
FLC009-092150-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
521 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

     BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 550 PM EDT

* AT 517 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG HIGHWAY 50 WEST OF TITUSVILLE NEAR THE
  LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECT...
    AREAS WEST OF TITUSVILLE THROUGH 550 PM.


SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STRONG BUILDING.

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 May 9, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
255 PM EDT SUN MAY 9 1999

CURRENTLY...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS STARTING TO INFRINGE UPON
EC FL AND SRN HALF OF CWA IN A SVR TSTM WATCH THROUGH 8 PM. STORMS
WILL MOVE TOWARD E COAST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE AS SEA
BREEZE BOUNDARIES INTERACT. A FEW STORMS ALSO DEVELOPING OVER NRN
SECTIONS ALONG REMNANTS OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY BUT WITH LOWER DEW
POINTS FILTERING INTO THIS REGION AM THINKING COVERAGE OF STORMS
WILL STAY LOWER THERE.

TONIGHT...STORMS WILL LINGER INTO WELL EVE HOURS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD
E COAST. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE LATE NIGHT AS CLOUDS DECREASE AND WINDS
GO LIGHT...ESPECIALLY AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAIN TODAY.

MON...SHORT WAVE TROUGH DROPS THROUGH SOUTHEAST AND BECOMES CUTOFF
MON NIGHT. COLD POOL OF AIR AT 500MB...STEEP LAPSE RATES COMBINING
WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND SEA BREEZE FOCUSING WARRANT GOING A
LITTLE ABOVE GUIDANCE POPS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. SET UP LOOKS GOOD FOR
MAINLY HAIL AND WIND EVENTS.

TUE THROUGH FRI...AVN/MRF CUT OFF SHORT WAVE VICINITY OF PENINSULA
WITH 500MB TEMPERATURES AVERAGING -10/12 C OR LESS SHOULD HELP TO
KEEP LAPSE RATES FAIRLY STEEP THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL FL SHOULD KEEP WINDS LIGHT AND FROM THE EAST
TUE AND WED. WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY THU AND FRI AS INVERTED
TROUGH DEVELOPS LATE WED. GUIDANCE TEMPS OK. PREFER GOING ABOVE
GUIDANCE ON POPS...MRF POPS LOOK MORE REALISTIC GIVEN WEATHER
PATTERN.

MARINE...WEAK SURFACE HIGH RIDGES ACROSS THE BAHAMAS...FL AND INTO
GA/AL. AVN/MRF DEVELOPS AN INVERTED TROUGH ALONG FL EAST COAST LATE
WED. WINDS GENERALLY 15 KT OR LESS.

PRELIM NUMBERS

DAB BB 063/086 064/084 064 67322
MCO BB 065/089 063/087 064 67332
MLB BB 065/088 066/085 065 67333

.MLB...NONE.

GLITTO/WIMMER

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
410 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0252 PM    PALM CITY                 FL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   MARTIN                         DIME SIZE HAIL WEST OF
                                          PALM CITY

0255 PM    INDIANTOWN                FL   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/99   MARTIN                         ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60 MPH
                                          BY STORM SPOTTER

0259 PM    PORT ST LUCIE             FL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   ST LUCIE                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN PORT
                                          ST LUCIE

0310 PM    ORANGE CITY               FL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   VOLUSIA                        GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN
                                          ORANGE CITY

0335 PM    VERO BEACH                FL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   INDIAN RIVER                   DIME SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH
                                          OF VERO BEACH ALONG I-95

0355 PM    SEBASTIAN                 FL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   INDIAN RIVER                   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
                                          SEBASTIAN

0358 PM    SEBASTIAN                 FL   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   INDIAN RIVER                   QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          GROUND IN SEBASTIAN

0359 PM                              FL   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   OKEECHOBEE                     DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          IN FORT DRUM

0400 PM                              FL   1.5 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   OKEECHOBEE                     WALNUT SIZE HAIL JUST WEST
                                          OF FORT DRUM

Local storm report, May 9, 4:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
410 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0252 PM    PALM CITY                 FL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   MARTIN                         DIME SIZE HAIL WEST OF
                                          PALM CITY

0255 PM    INDIANTOWN                FL   WIND DAMAGE
05/09/99   MARTIN                         ESTIMATED WINDS OF 60 MPH
                                          BY STORM SPOTTER

0259 PM    PORT ST LUCIE             FL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   ST LUCIE                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN PORT
                                          ST LUCIE

0310 PM    ORANGE CITY               FL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   VOLUSIA                        GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN
                                          ORANGE CITY

0335 PM    VERO BEACH                FL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   INDIAN RIVER                   DIME SIZE HAIL JUST SOUTH
                                          OF VERO BEACH ALONG I-95

0355 PM    SEBASTIAN                 FL   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   INDIAN RIVER                   GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT
                                          SEBASTIAN

0358 PM    SEBASTIAN                 FL   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   INDIAN RIVER                   QUARTER SIZE HAIL COVERING
                                          GROUND IN SEBASTIAN

0359 PM                              FL   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   OKEECHOBEE                     DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          IN FORT DRUM

0400 PM                              FL   1.5 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   OKEECHOBEE                     WALNUT SIZE HAIL JUST WEST
                                          OF FORT DRUM

Local storm report, May 9, 4:40 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
440 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0420 PM    FELLSMERE                 FL   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   INDIAN RIVER                   QUARTER HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

Local storm report, May 9, 4:40 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
440 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0420 PM    FELLSMERE                 FL   1 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   INDIAN RIVER                   QUARTER HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

Local storm report, May 9, 4:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
454 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 PM    PALM BAY                  FL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   BREVARD                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

Local storm report, May 9, 4:54 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
454 PM EDT SUN MAY 09 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 PM    PALM BAY                  FL   .75 INCH HAIL
05/09/99   BREVARD                        DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          SKYWARN SPOTTER.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Saint Lucie	49 min
May 9, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin	45 min
May 9, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Saint Lucie	61 min
May 9, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	60 min
May 9, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Indian River	63 min
May 9, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Okeechobee	58 min
May 9, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	48 min
May 9, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Volusia	64 min
May 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole	47 min
May 9, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange	59 min

Nearby

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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.