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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 13, 2001Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2001, 8:55 PM EDT for Orange 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 13, 2001, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2001, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 9:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Union Park, 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 00:00Z, 0.9 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2445 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 00:00Z on 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 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.

140 
WUUS52 KMLB 140058
SVRMLB
FLC095-140130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
855 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.

* AT 850 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNION PARK...OR ABOUT 10  
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF AZALEA PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR BITHLO AT 925 PM EDT
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHRISTMAS AT 930 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.

$$

LAT...LON 2858 8095 2860 8125 2851 8133 2840 8122

GITTINGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange62 min
Jun 14, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSeminole68 min
Jun 14, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake33 min
Jun 14, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia62 min
Jun 14, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Osceola, Seminole61 min
Jun 14, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola64 min
Jun 14, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard55 min
Jun 14, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia46 min
Jun 14, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSaint Lucie45 min
Jun 14, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard60 min
Jun 14, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard62 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.