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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 18, 2011Brevard County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT for Brevard County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 8:35 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 53Patrick Airforce Base, FLKCOF PATRICK AFB MEASURED 46 KT/53 MPH WIND GUST.
Jun 18, 8:36 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 64Patrick Airforce Base, FLKCOF PATRICK AFB MEASURED 56 KT/64 MPH WIND GUST.
Jun 18, 8:48 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 61Patrick Airforce Base, FLKCOF PATRICK AFB MEASURED 53 KT/61 MPH WIND GUST.
Jun 18, 8:50 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 58Patrick Airforce Base, FLKCOF PATRICK AFB MEASURED 50 KT/58 MPH WIND GUST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1052 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
1052 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

688 
WUUS52 KMLB 190015
SVRMLB
FLC009-095-190100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0084.110619T0015Z-110619T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
815 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

* AT 804 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE   
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP AND HIGHWAYS 520 AND 
528 NEAR INTERSTATE 95...MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  SHARPES...COCOA...ROCKLEDGE...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER...VIERA...
  MERRITT ISLAND...SUNTREE...CAPE CANAVERAL...COCOA BEACH...PORT
  CANAVERAL AND PATRICK AIRFORCE BASE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2844 8053 2842 8057 2837 8059 2819 8059
      2825 8087 2834 8087 2834 8094 2850 8096
      2855 8079 2835 8072 2846 8072 2847 8074
      2858 8073 2863 8061 2861 8059
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 277DEG 35KT 2837 8080

$$

GUSEMAN
1 follow-up statement
378 
WWUS52 KMLB 190032
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
832 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

FLC095-190041-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-110619T0100Z/
ORANGE-
832 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 2842 8057 2837 8059 2819 8059 2825 8087
      2833 8087 2840 8088 2842 8090 2848 8087
      2852 8091 2852 8090 2855 8079 2835 8072
      2846 8072 2847 8074 2857 8073 2863 8061
      2860 8058 2844 8053
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 277DEG 35KT 2836 8064

$$

FLC009-190100-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-110619T0100Z/
BREVARD-
832 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 830 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COCOA...MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAPE 
CANAVERAL...JETTY PARK...PORT CANAVERAL AND PATRICK AIRFORCE BASE.

LAT...LON 2842 8057 2837 8059 2819 8059 2825 8087
      2833 8087 2840 8088 2842 8090 2848 8087
      2852 8091 2852 8090 2855 8079 2835 8072
      2846 8072 2847 8074 2857 8073 2863 8061
      2860 8058 2844 8053
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 277DEG 35KT 2836 8064

$$

GUSEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola36 min
Jun 18, 8:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard31 min
Jun 18, 9:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard27 min
Jun 18, 9:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard2 hr
Jun 19, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie49 min
Jun 19, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola65 min
Jun 19, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola53 min
Jun 19, 6:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake61 min
Jun 19, 6:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBLake116 min
Jun 19, 7:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange65 min
Jun 19, 7:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOrange, Osceola2 hr
Jun 19, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.