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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 14, 2011Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2011, 2:51 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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 14, 2011, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 271 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2011-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
271 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

841 
WUUS52 KMLB 141851
SVRMLB
FLC097-141945-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0050.110614T1851Z-110614T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
251 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.

* AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE KISSIMMEE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
  AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2806 8130 2791 8105 2775 8117 2779 8120
      2782 8122 2784 8124 2784 8127 2787 8131
      2790 8132 2797 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 311DEG 11KT 2795 8131

$$

SEDLOCK
2 follow-up statements
224 
WWUS52 KMLB 141921
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
321 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2011

FLC097-141945-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110614T1945Z/
OSCEOLA-
321 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY...

AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE KISSIMMEE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2798 8121 2791 8105 2775 8117 2779 8120
      2782 8122 2784 8124 2784 8127 2787 8131
      2790 8132 2791 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 311DEG 11KT 2789 8123

$$

GUSEMAN
582 
WWUS52 KMLB 141943
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
343 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2011

FLC097-141952-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110614T1945Z/
OSCEOLA-
343 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 345 PM EDT...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 2798 8121 2791 8105 2775 8117 2779 8120
      2782 8122 2784 8124 2784 8127 2787 8131
      2790 8132 2791 8133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 311DEG 11KT 2785 8117

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange44 min
Jun 14, 2:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola61 min
Jun 14, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole47 min
Jun 14, 2:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB91 min
Jun 14, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia44 min
Jun 14, 3:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola42 min
Jun 14, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia61 min
Jun 14, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB91 min
Jun 14, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB80 min
Jun 14, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Osceola56 min
Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin42 min
Jun 14, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin, Saint Lucie39 min
Jun 14, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB87 min
Jun 14, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole40 min
Jun 14, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin42 min
Jun 14, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola50 min
Jun 14, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole41 min
Jun 14, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange48 min
Jun 14, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole, Volusia43 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.