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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 3, 2005Indian River County, Okeechobee County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2005, 6:33 PM EDT for Indian River County, Okeechobee County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2005, 7:13 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Indian River County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2005-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-05-03The 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KMLB 032233
SVRMLB
FLC061-093-032315-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0039.050503T2233Z-050503T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
633 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FELLSMERE...BLUE CYPRESS LAKE        
  NORTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA   THIS      
 INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT DRUM

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 633 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FORT DRUM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLUE CYPRESS LAKE BY 645 PM EDT
  FELLSMERE BY 705 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.

LAT...LON 2759 8092 2746 8078 2776 8036 2789 8056

$$

JP
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 032252
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
652 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

FLC093-032302-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050503T2315Z/
OKEECHOBEE FL-
652 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 2762 8077 2755 8069 2760 8033 2778 8047

$$

FLC061-032315-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050503T2315Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-
652 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...

AT 648 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE 
HAIL WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHEAST OF BLUE CYPRESS LAKE ...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE TREE PARK...6 MILES WEST OF STEVENS PARK AND 8 MILES WEST     
  OF VERO BEACH SOUTH BY 715 PM EDT

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 2762 8077 2755 8069 2760 8033 2778 8047

$$

JP
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 032313
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
712 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

FLC061-032325-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050503T2315Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-
712 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 712 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. AS A
RESULT...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL 
POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR 
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 2762 8077 2755 8069 2760 8033 2778 8047

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin19 min
May 3, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB57 min
May 3, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOkeechobee45 min
May 3, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOkeechobee47 min
May 3, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola55 min
May 3, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola27 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.