Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2008, 12:25 PM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 12, 2008, 12:25 PM EDT (16:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2027 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 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 121626
SVRMLB
FLC085-121715-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0049.080612T1625Z-080612T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1225 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1225 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 4 MILES
NORTH OF INDIANTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH. THE STORM
WILL APPROACH INDIANTOWN.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
PORT MAYACA.
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 2717 8068 2716 8044 2705 8040 2696 8039
2695 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 052DEG 3KT 2708 8048
$$
521 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 121712
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
112 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
FLC085-121722-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080612T1715Z/
MARTIN FL-
112 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 115 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED THE WARNING AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2717 8068 2716 8044 2705 8040 2696 8039
2695 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 1712Z 052DEG 3KT 2706 8051
$$
52The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 94 min | |
| Jun 12, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 21 min |
| Jun 12, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange | 90 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.