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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 8, 2001Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2001, 6:56 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2001, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2001, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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 2001-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 873 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 2001-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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.

594 
WUUS52 KMLB 082258
SVRMLB
FLC095-082345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
656 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.

* AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OCOEE...DRIFTING WEST.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR WINTER GARDEN AT 715 PM.
  
OTHER STRONG LIGHTNING STORMS WILL AFFECT THE ATTRACTIONS AREA AND 
MAY DEVELOP NORTH TOWARDS APOPKA.

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.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DIME SIZE OR LARGER...OR SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE
TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

$$

LAT...LON 2878 8144 2877 8164 2836 8166 2835 8139

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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.