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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 10, 2001Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2001, 6:01 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 59 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 10, 2001, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2001, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 10, 6:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ECape Canaveral, FLWind gusts were estimated near 60 mph at Port Canaveral. Numerous large limbs were blown off of trees at Cape Canaveral and Cocoa.

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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2001-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2001-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

965 
WUUS52 KMLB 102202
SVRMLB
FLC009-102300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
601 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BREVARD COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER COCOA BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER STORMS NEAR THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME 
SEVERE AS THEY PUSH INTO CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY NEAR PINEDA AND 
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58
MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. MOVE
INDOORS TO A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

$$

LAT...LON 2846 8086 2828 8087 2826 8058 2852 8043

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard36 min
Jun 10, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard60 min
Jun 10, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange39 min
Jun 10, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard26 min
Jun 10, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.