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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2005, 1:59 PM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 19 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 3, 2005, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2005, 2:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 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), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMLB 031756 SVRMLB FLC085-031845- /O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0035.050503T1759Z-050503T1845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 159 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOBE SOUND * UNTIL 245 PM EDT * AT 154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOHNATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK...OR NEAR HOBE SOUND...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... JOHNATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK AND JUPITER ISLAND BY 205 PM EDT HOBE SOUND BY 210 PM EDT 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. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE...STAYING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. LAT...LON 2704 8027 2692 8017 2698 7980 2719 7996 $$ KELLY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 031818 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 217 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005 FLC085-031827- /O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050503T1845Z/ MARTIN FL- 217 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 217 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OFFSHORE MARTIN COUNTY INTO THE ATLANTIC...THUS THE WARNING FOR MARTIN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A PARK RANGER AT JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT 203 PM. RADAR INDICATED THAT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE MOVING TOWARD MARTIN COUNTY FROM THE WEST WHICH MAY DEVELOP INTO LIGHTNING STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 2704 8027 2692 8017 2698 7980 2719 7996 $$ KELLY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 3, 9:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 9:52 AM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 952 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY LYING NEAR THE SRN TIP OF FL THIS MORNING WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND STORMS OCCURRING NEAR AND JUST NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. LATEST ADAS ANALYSIS SHOWS A NW-SE DEW POINT GRADIENT STILL EXISTS...BUT BECOMING LESS SHARP WITH TIME. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING PWATS RISING INTO TONIGHT WITH INCREASING S-SW FLOW THROUGH LOWER AND MID LEVELS. NAM/GFS BOTH SHOWING GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT DEVELOPING INTO TONIGHT WITH WARMER MOIST S-SW FLOW COMMENCING... WHICH WILL RESULT IN INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND CHANCES FOR PRECIP. MORNING SOUNDINGS AND ADAS ANALYSIS INDICATE THUNDER POTENTIAL WILL BE HIGHER HEADING TOWARD SE SECTIONS WHERE MORE FAVORABLE THETA E/LI INDICES EXIST. THIS GENERAL TREND SHOWN IN CURRENT GRIDS/ZONES SO ONLY MINOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED TO ONGOING FORECAST THIS MORNING. && .MARINE...BUOY 010 IS ADRIFT SO REPORTS ARE UNRELIABLE. BUOY 009 WAS RECORDING NE WINDS 8-10 KNOTS AND 2 FOOT SEAS. EASTERLY GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN 10 KNOT WINDS FOR THE AFTERNOON MAYBE A KNOT OR TWO MORE RIGHT ALONG THE COAST WHERE SEA BREEZES COME INTO PLAY. NO CHANGES TO CURRENT MARINE ZONES. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT-TERM...GLITTO LONG-TERM...WIMMER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 5:55 AM EDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE MELBOURNE FL 555 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 041000- COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER- INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE- 555 AM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES AND LINGERING MOISTURE FROM A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OVER THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE BIGGEST STORM THREAT TODAY. ...FLOOD IMPACT... WITH WEAK STEERING WINDS IN PLACE...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE AS MUCH AS AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL IN ABOUT A ONE HOUR PERIOD ...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THIS COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOWER LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE THREAT FOR STORMS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH FRIDAY. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING...SOME OF THE STORMS ON THURSDAY COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY HAIL AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CRISTALDI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 1:38 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 138 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005 FLZ064-031815- MARTIN- 138 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005 ...STRONG STORM MOVING INTO SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY... AT 135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY HAIL AROUND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM IN EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY INCLUDE JOHNATHON DICKINSON STATE PARK AND HOBE SOUND. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. 52
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 57 min | |
| May 3, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 45 min |
| May 3, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 47 min |
| May 3, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 55 min |
| May 3, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.