Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 15, 2016, 10:54 AM EST for Orange County, Osceola County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 66 min. 3 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
- Jan 15, 2016, 10:54 AM EST (15:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2016, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 10:58 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 45 | Sanford Airport, FL | PEAK GUST 39 KNOTS FROM THE WEST. |
| Jan 15, 11:10 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 43 | Orlando Executive Airpo, FL | GUST TO 37 KNOTS FROM WSW. |
| Jan 15, 11:14 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 43 | Orlando International A, FL | GUST TO 37 KNOTS FROM THE WEST. |
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
278
WUUS52 KMLB 151554
SVRMLB
FLC095-097-117-151700-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0001.160115T1554Z-160115T1700Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1054 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL NOON EST
* AT 1053 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HORIZON
WEST...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ORLANDO...KISSIMMEE...SANFORD...APOPKA AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2858 8160 2885 8136 2883 8122 2878 8118
2879 8114 2881 8112 2880 8106 2875 8106
2869 8102 2851 8093 2804 8119 2807 8137
2808 8135 2809 8145 2814 8146 2814 8152
2820 8152 2826 8156 2826 8166 2837 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 264DEG 24KT 2845 8158
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
151 follow-up statement
635
WWUS52 KMLB 151652
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1152 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016
FLC095-097-117-151701-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160115T1700Z/
ORANGE FL-SEMINOLE FL-OSCEOLA FL-
1152 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ORANGE...SEMINOLE AND
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1200 PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MELBOURNE.
LAT...LON 2858 8160 2885 8136 2883 8122 2878 8118
2879 8114 2881 8112 2880 8106 2875 8106
2869 8102 2851 8093 2804 8119 2807 8137
2808 8135 2809 8145 2814 8146 2814 8152
2820 8152 2826 8156 2826 8166 2837 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 264DEG 24KT 2845 8158
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 4:15 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 12 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 58 min |
| Jan 15, 10:22 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 113 min | |
| Jan 15, 10:23 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 82 min |
| Jan 15, 10:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 59 min |
| Jan 15, 11:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 50 min |
| Jan 15, 11:49 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 41 min |
| Jan 15, 11:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| Jan 15, 12:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 58 min |
| Jan 15, 12:35 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 min | |
| Jan 15, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 31 min |
| Jan 15, 1:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 112 min | |
| Jan 15, 1:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 31 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.