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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 2, 2004Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 5:37 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 2, 2004, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3944 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
3944 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 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.

253 
WUUS52 KMLB 022137
SVRMLB
FLC009-022230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
537 PM EDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 535 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REACHING FROM PINEDA TO WEST 
MELBOURNE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS AREAS INCLUDING SATELLITE BEACH...  
INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH...MELBOURNE BEACH AND PALM BAY. 

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.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DIME SIZE OR LARGER...OR SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE
TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAT...LON 2829 8077 2787 8072 2785 8023 2838 8030

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB60 min
Jun 2, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Jun 2, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin58 min
Jun 2, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard52 min
Jun 2, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB97 min
Jun 2, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB97 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.