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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 12, 2003Martin County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2003, 4:30 PM EST for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
Mar 12, 2003, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2003, 5:00 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 753 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
753 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

052 
WUUS52 KMLB 122130
SVRMLB
FLC085-122200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
430 PM EST WED MAR 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 500 PM EST

* AT 421 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF JOHNATHAN DICKINSON STATE
  PARK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOBE SOUND...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 10 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MOTORISTS ALONG THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN     
  SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY AND JOHNATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK.

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 2711 8018 2700 8034 2667 8011 2683 7987

$$

MRV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 9:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
Mar 12, 2:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOkeechobee, Saint Lucie47 min
Mar 12, 3:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin43 min
Mar 12, 3:47 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin43 min

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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.