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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2005, 4:14 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 62 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 21, 2005, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2005, 5:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMLB 212015 SVRMLB FLC009-212115- /O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0049.050521T2014Z-050521T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 414 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAULOVER CANAL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KLONDIKE BEACH BY 420 PM EDT MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 430 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. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 2885 8069 2876 8087 2840 8073 2843 8037 $$ 52
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 212039 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 438 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 2005 FLC009-212115- /O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050521T2115Z/ BREVARD FL- 438 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY... AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE...OR NEAR PLAYALINDA BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE OVER AREAS NEAR THE MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE AND PLAYALINDA BEACH...ALSO APPROACHING LOCATIONS AROUND THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A QUARTER. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 2885 8069 2876 8087 2840 8073 2843 8037 $$ 52
000 WWUS52 KMLB 212116 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 515 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 2005 FLC009-212125- /O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050521T2115Z/ BREVARD FL- 515 PM EDT SAT MAY 21 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 515 PM EDT... AT 515 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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 2885 8069 2876 8087 2840 8073 2843 8037 $$ MOSES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 min | |
| May 21, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 43 min | |
| May 21, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 45 min | |
| May 21, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 65 min | |
| May 21, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| May 21, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 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.