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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 8, 2012Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 8, 2012, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2012-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 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 2012-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

131 
WUUS52 KMLB 082011
SVRMLB
FLC127-082115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0078.120808T2011Z-120808T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
411 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 406 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
  DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY...OR 6 MILES WEST OF HOLLY HILL...  
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  SOUTH DAYTONA...WILBUR BY THE SEA...DAYTONA BEACH...ORMOND BEACH
  AND ORMOND BY THE SEA

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 2941 8108 2913 8095 2909 8119 2927 8126
      2927 8116 2941 8116 2943 8114 2943 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 228DEG 18KT 2923 8112

$$
1 follow-up statement
811 
WWUS52 KMLB 082045
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

FLC127-082052-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-120808T2115Z/
VOLUSIA-
445 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND MOVED 
OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A 
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS FOR WIND 
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. OTHER STORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY 
WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL MOVE BACK INTO NORTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY FROM 
THE WEST.

LAT...LON 2941 8108 2913 8095 2909 8119 2927 8126
      2927 8116 2941 8116 2943 8114 2943 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 228DEG 18KT 2934 8098

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia37 min
Aug 8, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB114 min
Aug 8, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia53 min
Aug 8, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange58 min
Aug 8, 5:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB95 min
Aug 8, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia45 min
Aug 8, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange, Seminole53 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.