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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 12, 2014Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2014, 2:11 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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 12, 2014, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 2:18 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 42Saint Cloud, FLFROM ST CLOUD EM.

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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2014-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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 2014-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1269 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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.

168 
WUUS52 KMLB 121811
SVRMLB
FLC097-121845-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0039.140612T1811Z-140612T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
211 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.

* AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSCEOLA HERITAGE PARK...OR
  NEAR KISSIMMEE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  BUENA VENTURA LAKES...SAINT CLOUD...EAST LAKE TOHO...AUSTIN TINDALL
  PARK AND NARCOOSSEE

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 2835 8119 2824 8113 2820 8138 2834 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 251DEG 19KT 2828 8135

$$

JP
2 follow-up statements
061 
WWUS52 KMLB 121828
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
228 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

FLC097-121845-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140612T1845Z/
OSCEOLA-
228 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY...

AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST LAKE 
TOHO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NARCOOSSEE AND PINE GROVE

LAT...LON 2835 8119 2824 8113 2820 8138 2834 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 251DEG 19KT 2831 8125

$$

JP
829 
WWUS52 KMLB 121841
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
241 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

FLC097-121852-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140612T1845Z/
OSCEOLA-
241 PM EDT THU JUN 12 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 245 PM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 2835 8119 2824 8113 2820 8138 2834 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 251DEG 19KT 2833 8117

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake65 min
Jun 12, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange43 min
Jun 12, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola39 min
Jun 12, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange, Seminole51 min
Jun 12, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake49 min
Jun 12, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB81 min
Jun 12, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin, Saint Lucie66 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBMartin2 hr
Jun 12, 7:28 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMLBMartin2 hr

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.