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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 24, 2003Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2003, 5:06 PM EDT for Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2003, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2003, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saint Lucie County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2003-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1057 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 2003-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
3 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.

952 
WUUS52 KMLB 242106
SVRMLB
FLC111-242145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
506 PM EDT SAT MAY 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT PIERCE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR FORT PIERCE INLET AT 510 PM EDT
  NEAR WHITE CITY AT 515 PM EDT
  NEAR INDIAN RIVER ESTATES AT 525 PM EDT
  NEAR HUTCHINSON ISLAND SOUTH...AT 545 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 2755 8040 2746 8053 2721 8020 2739 8005

$$

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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.