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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 14, 2011Brevard County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2011, 6:29 PM EDT for Brevard County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2011, 7:17 PM EDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.

767 
WUUS52 KMLB 142229
SVRMLB
FLC009-095-142330-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0057.110614T2229Z-110614T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT.

* AT 628 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED NEAR TITUSVILLE....AND NEAR BITHLO. THIS CLUSTER OF 
  STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
  TO...PORT SAINT JOHN...SHARPES...CANAVERAL GROVES...CHRISTMAS
  AND WEDGEFIELD.
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 2839 8064 2836 8066 2836 8120 2861 8115
      2861 8097 2863 8096 2863 8081 2859 8080
      2859 8078 2860 8076 2862 8079 2864 8078
      2864 8064 2850 8062 2845 8065 2838 8066
      2843 8061 2836 8060
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 000DEG 10KT 2853 8083

$$



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1 follow-up statement
507 
WWUS52 KMLB 142317
SVSMLB

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

FLC009-095-142328-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110614T2330Z/
ORANGE-BREVARD-
717 PM EDT TUE JUN 14 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN BREVARD AND EAST
CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO
LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. AS A
RESULT...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 2839 8064 2836 8066 2836 8120 2861 8115
      2861 8097 2863 8096 2863 8081 2859 8080
      2859 8078 2860 8076 2862 8079 2864 8078
      2864 8064 2850 8062 2845 8065 2838 8066
      2843 8061 2836 8060
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 000DEG 10KT 2839 8083

$$


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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, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola54 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, 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.