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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 24, 2016Okeechobee County, Florida

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 24, 4:31 PM EDTHAIL 1.753 Wnw Country Hills Est, FLOKEECHOBEE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
$$

BRAGAW
1 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
 
$$

BRAGAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBIndian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie45 min
Mar 24, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Indian River67 min
Mar 24, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB63 min
Mar 24, 6:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola40 min
Mar 24, 7:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB48 min
Mar 24, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange33 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.