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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 14, 1999Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1999, 11:28 AM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1999, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1999, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 11:29 AM EDTHail 0.88Orlando, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 846 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1999-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
846 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 14, 9:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 9:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
930 AM EDT FRI MAY 14 1999

SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN
PAST HOUR JUST WEST OF NORTHERN CWA. ENHANCED CONVERGENCE OVER WEST
SIDE OF STATE WILL CONTINUE AS STRONG WEST WINDS FROM GULF REACH THE
PENINSULA. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO ADVECT/DEVELOP
DOWNSTREAM OVER NORTHERN CWA AND MOVE RAPIDLY EAST. STEERING FLOW
INDICATES EAST MOTION NEAR 25 MPH. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED TO INCREASE
POPS TO 30 PERCENT OVER NORTHERN INTERIOR COUNTIES AND REMOVE
AFTERNOON WORDING.

WITH 15 KT WEST FLOW IN BOUNDARY LAYER AS SHOWN BY SHORT RANGE
MODELS AND CONFIRMED BY KMLB VWP AND CAPE PROFILER...EXPECT EAST
COAST SEA BREEZE TO HAVE DIFFICULT TIME DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON.
IF BREEZE BOUNDARY CAN FORM ALONG BEACHES LATE...SCATTERED STORMS
MOVING EAST FROM THE INTERIOR WILL BECOME ENHANCED AND A FEW COULD
BECOME STRONG/SEVERE AS MODIFIED SOUNDINGS INDICATE CAPE VALUES OF
3000 J/KG PLUS FOR SURFACE LIFT. MAIN THREAT TODAY WILL BE DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND DIME HAIL.

MARINE...OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SEAS OFFSHORE. NO
CHANGES ANTICIPATED TO EARLY MORNING FORECAST.

.MLB...NONE.

BORZILLERI/SPRATT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 10:59 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-142000-

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1059 AM EDT FRI MAY 14 1999

...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...

HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPING
SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH FLORIDA WILL RESULT IN WESTERLY SURFACE
WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL INHIBIT EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FORMATION.

A CLUSTER OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS AROUND SANFORD AND
METRO ORLANDO LATE THIS MORNING WILL CROSS THE COAST FROM DAYTONA
BEACH TO MELBOURNE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A SECOND AREA OF STORMS MOVING
SOUTHEAST TOWARDS PUTNAM AND FLAGLER COUNTIES WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH
OF ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AND AREAS TO THE
SOUTH FROM LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. OTHER STORMS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP ALONG A FAST MOVING WEST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM ORLANDO TO
LAKE OKEECHOBEE. STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS.
IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE STILL COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
HAIL IN THE STRONGER STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WILL ALSO OCCUR IN
A FEW LOCATIONS. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES
AND STAY THERE UNTIL STORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM YOUR AREA.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...STORMS WILL AFFECT THE INTRACOASTAL AND
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF MELBOURNE BEGINNING AROUND NOON.
THE MARINE AREA SOUTH OF MELBOURNE WILL EXPERIENCE STORMS FROM MID
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH
SEAS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.
BOATERS SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BEFORE STORMS APPROACH.

CRISTALDI
Special weather statement, May 14, 10:59 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-142000-

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1059 AM EDT FRI MAY 14 1999

...SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG TO
SEVERE...

HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPING
SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH FLORIDA WILL RESULT IN WESTERLY SURFACE
WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL INHIBIT EAST COAST SEA BREEZE FORMATION.

A CLUSTER OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS AROUND SANFORD AND
METRO ORLANDO LATE THIS MORNING WILL CROSS THE COAST FROM DAYTONA
BEACH TO MELBOURNE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A SECOND AREA OF STORMS MOVING
SOUTHEAST TOWARDS PUTNAM AND FLAGLER COUNTIES WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH
OF ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AND AREAS TO THE
SOUTH FROM LATE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. OTHER STORMS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP ALONG A FAST MOVING WEST COAST SEA BREEZE FROM ORLANDO TO
LAKE OKEECHOBEE. STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS.
IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE STILL COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT
HAIL IN THE STRONGER STORMS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WILL ALSO OCCUR IN
A FEW LOCATIONS. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES
AND STAY THERE UNTIL STORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM YOUR AREA.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...STORMS WILL AFFECT THE INTRACOASTAL AND
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF MELBOURNE BEGINNING AROUND NOON.
THE MARINE AREA SOUTH OF MELBOURNE WILL EXPERIENCE STORMS FROM MID
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...ROUGH
SEAS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.
BOATERS SHOULD RETURN TO PORT BEFORE STORMS APPROACH.

CRISTALDI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange62 min
May 14, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola45 min
May 14, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard47 min
May 14, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOkeechobee46 min
May 14, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSaint Lucie44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.