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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 3, 2001Indian River County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2001, 5:25 PM EDT for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 3, 2001, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Indian River County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 5:35 PM EDTHail 0.88Sebastian, 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2001-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1412 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 2001-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 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
1412 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 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 032125
SVRMLB
FLC061-032200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
525 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.

* AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SEBASTIAN INLET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SEBASTIAN INLET AND ROSELAND 
THROUGH 6 PM.

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.

$$

LAT...LON 2776 8064 2765 8048 2784 8027 2798 8047

SPRATT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Osceola30 min
Jun 3, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange45 min
Jun 3, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Seminole49 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.