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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 14, 2001Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2001, 2:44 PM EDT for Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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 14, 2001, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2001, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 14, 2:56 PM EDTHail 1Winter Park, FL
Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EOviedo, FLThunderstorm winds blew down trees in many areas around Oviedo and Seminole County.

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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2001-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 608 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 2001-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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 141846
SVRMLB

FLC095-141945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
244 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.

* AT 245 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM   
OVER ORLANDO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR AZALEA PARK AT 250 PM EDT
  NEAR UNION PARK AT 300 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH 
THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH 
AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN 
EMERGENCY.

VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS
PATH...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDINGH AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

$$

LAT...LON 2862 8148 2838 8143 2838 8109 2861 8116

JP
1 follow-up statement
381 
WUUS52 KMLB 141920
SVRMLB
FLC095-097-117-141945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
318 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR...
  ORANGE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM
  NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM
  SEMINOLE COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM
   

* AT 305 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED DAMAGING WINDS IN 
WINDIMERE AND THE DOWNTOWN ORLANDO AREA. RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SEA WORLD AND WEST OF KISSIMMEE TO 15 
MILES NORTH OF OVIEDO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WET N WILD WATER PARK...
  UNIVERSAL STUDIOS...UNION PARK...PLEASURE ISLAND...PINE CASTLE...
  ORLOVISTA...LAKE MARY JANE...FERN PARK...DOCTOR PHILLIPS...BELLE
  ISLE AND BAY HILL

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. 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.

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF
POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID
USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

$$

LAT...LON 2831 8165 2868 8136 2870 8103 2822 8099

DD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange35 min
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, 2:56 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.