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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2008, 6:37 PM EST for Lake County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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
- Jan 19, 2008, 6:37 PM EST (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2008, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 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 192338
SVRMLB
FLC069-095-200015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0002.080119T2337Z-080120T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
637 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 715 PM EST
* AT 635 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF GROVELAND...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
ANIMAL KINGDOM...CLERMONT...EPCOT...MAGIC KINGDOM...
FERNDALE...BAY HILL...DOCTOR PHILLIPS... WINDERMERE...WINTER
GARDEN...OCOEE...APOPKA
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. 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 2835 8148 2833 8161 2836 8163 2833 8166
2831 8190 2837 8193 2857 8192 2876 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 229DEG 52KT 2847 8174
$$
KELLY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 200011
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
710 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
FLC069-095-200020-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080120T0015Z/
ORANGE FL-LAKE FL-
710 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LAKE AND WESTERN
ORANGE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 715 PM EST...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED THE WARNING AREA...
THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2835 8148 2833 8161 2836 8163 2833 8166
2831 8190 2837 8193 2857 8192 2876 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 229DEG 52KT 2878 8133
$$
KELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 4:05 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 10 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:01 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 28 hr |
| Jan 19, 6:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.