Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2002, 4:26 PM EST for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
- Mar 26, 2002, 4:26 PM EST (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2002, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:28 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Indiantown, 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 975 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMLB 262126 SVRMLB FLC085-262200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 425 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 500 PM EST. * AT 417 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER INDIANTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ACROSS.. RURAL SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY THROUGH 5 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 2714 8040 2708 8060 2660 8047 2668 8019
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 57 min |
| Mar 26, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 6:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
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.