Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2000, 7:52 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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, 2000, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Volusia County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Ormond Beach, FL | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs in Ormond Beach. |
| May 14, 8:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Holly Hill, FL | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs in Holly Hills. |
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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
577 WUUS52 KMLB 142354 SVRMLB FLC127-150045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 752 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY ...IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 845 PM EDT. * AT 751 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF ORMOND BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... NEAR ORMOND BEACH AT 805 PM EDT NEAR DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY...HOLLY HILL AT 810 PM EDT NEAR DAYTONA BEACH AT 815 PM EDT NEAR SOUTH DAYTONA...PORT ORANGE AT 820 PM EDT NEAR WILBUR BY THE SEA AT 830 PM EDT NEAR PONCE INLET AT 835 PM EDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LARGE HAIL...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. $$ LAT...LON 2929 8138 2910 8126 2901 8077 2941 8112
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 57 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.