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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 22, 2012Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2012, 6:33 PM EST for Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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
Feb 22, 2012, 6:33 PM EST (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2012, 7:15 PM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 22, 6:55 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 44Patrick Airforce Base, FLKCOF 230007Z OBS RMK PK WND 31038/2355

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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 2012-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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.

582 
WUUS52 KMLB 222333
SVRMLB
FLC009-097-230015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0002.120222T2333Z-120223T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
633 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 715 PM EST.

* AT 626 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
  NEAR 60 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR LONE
  CABBAGE FISH CAMP TO NEAR HARMONY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...COCOA...ROCKLEDGE...VIERA...MERRITT 
  ISLAND...SUNTREE...PALM BAY...MELBOURNE...COCOA BEACH...SATELLITE
  BEACH...MELBOURNE BEACH...BAREFOOT BAY...AND SEBASTIAN INLET

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN 
HOUR. FREQUENT TLIGHTNING 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 2785 8046 2787 8048 2784 8050 2782 8055
      2782 8094 2814 8130 2835 8096 2835 8087
      2838 8088 2841 8071 2838 8066 2833 8065
      2837 8063 2836 8060 2818 8059 2807 8055
      2786 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 269DEG 58KT 2830 8082

$$

SPRATT
1 follow-up statement
079 
WWUS52 KMLB 230015
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
715 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

FLC009-097-230025-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120223T0015Z/
OSCEOLA-BREVARD-
715 PM EST WED FEB 22 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BREVARD AND
NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 2785 8046 2787 8048 2784 8050 2782 8055
      2782 8094 2814 8130 2835 8096 2835 8087
      2838 8088 2841 8071 2838 8066 2833 8065
      2837 8063 2836 8060 2818 8059 2807 8055
      2786 8045
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 269DEG 58KT 2830 8076

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 4:26 AM ESTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMLB30 hr
Feb 22, 4:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake40 min
Feb 22, 5:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange45 min
Feb 22, 5:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Osceola37 min
Feb 22, 6:05 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB85 min

Nearby

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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.