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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 24, 2016, 4:06 PM EDT for Okeechobee County, Florida. It was in force for 54 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
- Mar 24, 2016, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Okeechobee County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:31 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Wnw Country Hills Est, FL | OKEECHOBEE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE STATION 4 AT THE INTERSECTION OF US-441 AND NE 168TH STREET REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR. |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
293
WUUS52 KMLB 242006
SVRMLB
FLC093-242100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0010.160324T2006Z-160324T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
406 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 406 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OKEECHOBEE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OKEECHOBEE...FOUR SEASONS ESTATES...OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT...WHISPERING
PINES AND COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2721 8094 2722 8095 2722 8097 2723 8097
2723 8098 2745 8089 2736 8068 2720 8082
2720 8083 2718 8084
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 213DEG 19KT 2724 8086
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BRAGAW1 follow-up statement
687
WWUS52 KMLB 242016
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
416 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016
FLC093-242100-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160324T2100Z/
OKEECHOBEE FL-
416 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...
AT 416 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OKEECHOBEE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OKEECHOBEE...FOUR SEASONS ESTATES...OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT...WHISPERING
PINES AND COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE.
&&
LAT...LON 2721 8094 2722 8095 2722 8097 2723 8097
2723 8098 2745 8089 2736 8068 2720 8082
2720 8083 2718 8084
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 213DEG 19KT 2728 8083
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BRAGAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| Mar 24, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 48 min | |
| Mar 24, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 33 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.