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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 30, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1629 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMLB 302246 SVRMLB FLC127-302345- /O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0037.060730T2245Z-060730T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 645 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOUTH DAYTONA...PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...ORMOND BEACH...OAK HILL...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...HOLLY HILL... EDGEWATER...DAYTONA BEACH * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 638 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 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT ORANGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAYTONA BEACH SPEEDWAY...ORMOND BY THE SEA...WILBUR BY THE SEA... BETHUNE BEACH...ELDORA AND APOLLO BEACH...SINCE OTHER STORMS IN THE AREA MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL. 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 2923 8132 2886 8113 2883 8076 2935 8103 $$ DWS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 302324 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 718 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006 FLC127-302345- /O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-060730T2345Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 718 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 718 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE COAST BETWEEN SOUTH DAYTONA AND PONCE INLET ...MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. WITH OTHER STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLY HILL...ORMOND BY THE SEA...DAYTONA BEACH...SOUTH DAYTONA...BLAKE...ALLANDALE...HARBOR OAKS...DAYTONA BEACH SHORES...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...WILBUR BY THE SEA...EDGEWATER...PONCE INLET...TURTLE MOUND...OAK HILL...BETHUNE BEACH...APOLLO BEACH AND ELDORA. TOO...DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A BRIEF TORNADO MAY DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...SO EVEN RESIDENTS ON THE PERIPHERY SHOULD BE SURE TO TREAT THIS STORM WITH DUE RESPECT AND MOVE INDOORS. LAT...LON 2923 8132 2886 8113 2883 8076 2935 8103 $$ DWS
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 Jul 30, 2:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 246 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT...VIS SAT AND 88D IMAGERY SHOW ECSB FORMING FROM MOSQUITO LAGOON SWD AND HAS PROGRESSED INLAND TO ABOUT I-95 SOUTH OF BREVARD CO. WCSB HAS FORMED AND IS MAKING A MORE A SIGNIFICANT PUSH EWD THRU THE NATURE COAST COS. LARGE N-S ORIENTED SWATH OF AS/CS WHICH HAS BEEN OVER THE NRN CWA SINCE DAYBREAK CONTINUES TO THIN AS IT DRIFTS EWD...AND IS NOW ALONG/EAST OF I-4. TONIGHT...NOT MUCH CHG TO PREV THOUGHTS REGARDING DIURNAL CONVECTION. GREATEST COVRG SHOULD BE ACROSS THE NRN CWA IN AREA OF HIGHEST PWATS ...WITH THE ACTIVITY CARRYING EWD OVER THE COASTAL COS OWING TO AN INCREASING WRLY STEERING FLOW . HAVE GONE WITH A 30 FOR VOLUSIA AND NRN BREVARD COS...AND A 20 ELSEWHERE TO COVER THE FIRST COUPLE HRS OF THE EVENING PD. MON-TUE...SURFACE RIDGE WL BECOME DISPLACED SLIGHTLY OVER THE SOUTH PENINSULA EARLY IN THE WEEK BUT WL REMAIN IN PLACE AS MAIN FEATURE. WLY FLOW OF 6 TO 9 MPH WL BE ENOUGH TO LIMIT OR PIN ECSB TO THE ATLC COAST WITH PWAT NEAR SEASONAL LEVELS OF 1.7-1.9 INCHES. WITH RATHER DEEP WLY FLOW IN PLACE WILL KEEP SCT POPS IN FCST OVER MOST OF AREA WITH TIMING FAVORING THE AFTERNOON FOR MAJORITY OF THUNDER. TUTT NR BAHAMAS WL CONTINUE A SLOW DRIFT TWD S FL. SUBSIDENCE REACHING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF FORECAST AREA WL HINDER PRECIP DVLPMT MAINLY ON MON. WED-SUN...BROAD ATLC RIDGE WL REMAIN ESTD OVER THE PENINSULA WITH S/SW FLOW OVER THE AREA. MOISTURE LEVELS @ SEASONAL LEVELS WL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CST AFTERNOON STORMS WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT EACH AFTERNOON. LEADING INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. FORECAST WL BE LIKELY BASED ON CONTINUITY THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH LACK OF PATTERN CHANGE EXPECTED. && .MARINE...WITH SFC RIDGE RETREATING SEWD...S-SW FLOW WILL INCREASE SLGTLY TO AROUND 10-15KT OVERNIGHT WITH SEAS REMAINING A BIT EITHER SIDE OF 3FT IN A SMALL EAST SWELL. FETCH LIMITED CONDITIONS WL BE IN PLACE THROUGH TUE WITH HIGHER SEAS MAINLY OFFSHORE IN UNPROTECTED AREAS. STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE MAINLY NORTH OF THE CAPE WL PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS IN THE EVENING EARLY THIS WEEK. && .AVIATION...DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP/SPREAD ACROSS THE MCO-ORL-SFB-DAB CORRIDOR THROUGH ABOUT 22-23Z. MAY SEE A LINGERING SHRA OR TSRA GET NEAR MLB OR VRB BTWN 00Z-02Z...BUT LOOKING LESS LIKELY THAN PREV THOUGHT. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 74 92 74 90 / 30 40 20 40 MCO 75 94 75 91 / 20 40 20 40 MLB 74 92 73 90 / 20 30 20 40 VRB 74 93 74 91 / 20 20 20 30 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...CRISTALDI LONG TERM....PENDERGRAST
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 11:30 AM EDT, 7 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1130 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 302015- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 1130 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ABUNDANT MOISTURE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COMBINED WITH A SOUTHWEST SURFACE FLOW WILL GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STORM COVERAGE WILL BE HIGHEST FROM ORLANDO AND TITUSVILLE NORTHWARD. THE MAIN STORM THREATS CONTINUE TO BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER STORMS AS THE ACTIVITY MOVES EASTWARD AT 15 TO 20 MPH. ...FLOOD IMPACT... RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A FEW OF THE MORE INTENSE STORMS. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN OTHER POORLY DRAINED LOW LYING AREAS. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A SMALL LONG PERIOD SWELL OF 2 TO 3 FEET WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY DURING THE OUTGOING TIDE. THE VOLUSIA COUNTY BEACH PATROL REPORTED MANY RESCUES FROM RIP CURRENTS ON SATURDAY. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SCATTERED STORMS WILL MOVE SEAWARD OUT ACROSS THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. A FEW OF THE MORE INTENSE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 34 KNOTS ALONG WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DECREASE TO SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TUESDAY. INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DRAW MOISTURE BACK OVER THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY BRINGING AN INCREASED THREAT OF SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS TO THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. CRISTALDI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:14 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 614 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006 FLZ041-044>046-141-144-147-302315- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 614 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006 ...STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...SEMINOLE COUNTY...VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING STORMS OVER LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FORM AS WELL AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND EXISTING STORMS INTERACT WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. THESE STORMS MAY FORM VERY QUICKLY AS THEY WILL FORM IN AN AIRMASS THAT HAS RECEIVED NEAR FULL SUN THIS AFTERNOON. BRAGAW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 114 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.