Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 19 min |
| 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, 6:48 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.