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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 21, 2001Orange County, Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT for Orange County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2001, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2001, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2001-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1617 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 2001-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
1617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 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 212216
SVRMLB
FLC095-097-212315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
615 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.

* AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KISSIMMEE...AND NEAR MAITLAND. THE STORMS 
WERE MERGING THROUGH THE CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY INCLUDING METRO 
ORLANDO. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 4 IN 
ORANGE COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. 

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.

LARGE HAIL...EXCESrSIVE LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. TAKE
COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola27 min
Jun 21, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSeminole49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.