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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 19, 2011Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report 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 19, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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 19, 7:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG3 Sw Conway, FLESTIMATED 50 MPH WIND GUST SNAPPED A TREE 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND IN PINE CASTLE.

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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 770 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 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
770 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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.

400 
WUUS52 KMLB 192330
SVRMLB
FLC095-200030-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0087.110619T2330Z-110620T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
730 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT.

* AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
PINE CASTLE...OR NEAR OAK RIDGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... 
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS...BELLE ISLE...ORLANDO...ORLOVISTA...CONWAY... 
WINTER PARK...UNION PARK...PINE HILLS...MAITLAND...LOCKHART... 
FAIRVIEW SHORES AND AZALEA PARK.

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.

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 2864 8145 2862 8132 2861 8132 2861 8124
      2861 8120 2834 8133 2836 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 206DEG 5KT 2844 8140

$$


KELLY
3 follow-up statements
085 
WWUS52 KMLB 192347
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
747 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

FLC095-200030-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110620T0030Z/
ORANGE-
747 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR PINE CASTLE AND OAK RIDGE. MOVEMENT IS NEARLY 
STATIONARY. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BELLE 
ISLE...EDGEWOOD...ORLANDO...WINTER PARK...UNION PARK...PINE 
HILLS...FAIRVILLA...FAIRVIEW SHORES...EATONVILLE...AZALEA PARK AND 
ALOMA.

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 2864 8145 2862 8132 2861 8132 2861 8124
      2861 8120 2834 8133 2836 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 206DEG 5KT 2846 8139

$$


KELLY
766 
WWUS52 KMLB 200005
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
805 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

FLC095-200030-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110620T0030Z/
ORANGE-
805 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 802 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR PINE CASTLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
EDGEWOOD...BELLE ISLE...UNION PARK...CONWAY...AZALEA PARK AND ALOMA.

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 2863 8141 2862 8134 2862 8132 2861 8132
      2861 8120 2834 8133 2835 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 235DEG 4KT 2846 8137

$$


KELLY
799 
WWUS52 KMLB 200029
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
829 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

FLC095-200038-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110620T0030Z/
ORANGE-
829 PM EDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ORANGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
830 PM EDT...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED 
SUFFICIENTLY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 
HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL 
CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM.

LAT...LON 2863 8141 2862 8134 2862 8132 2861 8132
      2861 8120 2834 8133 2835 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 235DEG 4KT 2848 8134

$$


KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange45 min
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

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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.