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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 26, 2000Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2000, 5:47 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 43 min. 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
Jul 26, 2000, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2000, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 26, 5:50 PM EDTHail 0.75Orlando Intl Arpt, 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2586 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 
WUUS52 KMLB 262148
SVRMLB
FLC095-262230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
547 PM EDT WED JUL 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY
  ...IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONWAY...OR ABOUT 2       
  MILES EAST OF AZALEA PARK...MOVING VERY LITTLE. THE STORM SHOULD 
  REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY. 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY MHEAVY RAIN. IF
THE STORM APPROACHES YOU...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.

$$

TT

LAT...LON 2849 8150 2834 8133 2851 8114 2854 8134

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.