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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2005, 6:17 AM EST for Lake County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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 23, 2005, 6:17 AM EST (11:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2005, 7:04 AM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 4:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 3086 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.3
- Supercell composite
- 22.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMLB 231119 SVRMLB FLC069-095-231200- /O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0013.050323T1117Z-050323T1200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 617 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOUNT PLYMOUTH...FERNDALE WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZELLWOOD...WINTER PARK...WINTER GARDEN...PINE HILLS...APOPKA * UNTIL 700 AM EST * AT 615 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CLERMONT...OR ABOUT OVER FERNDALE...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ZELLWOOD BY 635 AM EST APOPKA BY 640 AM EST FOREST CITY BY 645 AM EST WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK BY 650 AM EST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AND OR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL. FREQUENT TO EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. IF THE STORM APPROACHES YOU...SEEK SHELTER IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 2866 8187 2849 8180 2855 8132 2884 8145 $$ JP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 231146 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 645 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005 FLC069-095-231200- /O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050323T1200Z/ ORANGE FL-LAKE FL- 645 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN LAKE AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES... AT 640 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE THEME PARKS TO WINTER GARDEN AND WINDERMERE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 2866 8187 2849 8180 2855 8132 2884 8145 $$ JP
000 WWUS52 KMLB 231204 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 701 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005 FLC069-095-231211- /O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050323T1200Z/ ORANGE FL-LAKE FL- 701 AM EST WED MAR 23 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAKE AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 700 AM EST... AT 701 AM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IS NO LONGER SEVERE...BUT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. LOCATIONS FROM ORLANDO...OVIEDO AND WINTER SPRINGS WILL SEE STRONG STORMS THROUGH 8 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 2866 8187 2849 8180 2855 8132 2884 8145 $$ JP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 23, 2:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 86 min | |
| Mar 23, 5:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 33 min |
| Mar 23, 6:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 32 min |
| Mar 23, 6:36 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min | |
| Mar 23, 7:10 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 95 min | |
| Mar 23, 11:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 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.