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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 25, 2016Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2016, 7:53 PM EDT for Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min. 2 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
Mar 25, 2016, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2016, 8:39 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 25, 8:02 PM EDTHAIL 0.754 W White City, FLDELAYED REPORT. CBS12 RELAYED VIDEO FROM A VIEWER SHOWING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES FALLING OFF OF MIDWAY ROAD IN FORT PIERCE. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR.
Mar 25, 8:32 PM EDTMARINE TSTM WIND 521 Ese Saint Lucie Nucle, FLDELAYED REPORT. A WEATHERFLOW STATION AT THE SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT RECORDED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 45KT/52MPH OUT OF THE NW AS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED OVER THE SITE.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2016-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -142 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

420 
WUUS52 KMLB 252353
SVRMLB
FLC111-260100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0016.160325T2353Z-160326T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
753 PM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 752 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR FORT PIERCE SOUTH TO NEAR TRADITION...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 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...
  PORT SAINT LUCIE...WALTON...FORT PIERCE...SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER
  PLANT AND WHITE CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 2724 8016 2724 8022 2725 8023 2725 8022
      2726 8023 2726 8028 2725 8029 2726 8055
      2735 8058 2747 8044 2747 8025 2725 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 275DEG 21KT 2741 8041 2735 8049 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CRISTALDI
2 follow-up statements
985 
WWUS52 KMLB 260026
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
826 PM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016

FLC111-260100-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160326T0100Z/
ST. LUCIE FL-
826 PM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY...

AT 823 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT PIERCE
INLET TO FORT PIERCE AND SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT...MOVING
EAST AT 25 TO 30 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... WALTON...FORT PIERCE...SAINT LUCIE
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT...WHITE CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 2724 8016 2724 8022 2725 8023 2725 8022
      2726 8023 2726 8028 2725 8029 2734 8038
      2747 8041 2747 8025 2725 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 269DEG 21KT 2739 8021 2738 8029 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CRISTALDI
472 
WWUS52 KMLB 260039
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
839 PM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016

FLC111-260047-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160326T0100Z/
ST. LUCIE FL-
839 PM EDT FRI MAR 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE
INTO THE ATLANTIC. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL STILL OCCUR WITH OTHER STORMS OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH LATE
EVENING.

LAT...LON 2724 8016 2724 8022 2725 8023 2725 8022
      2726 8023 2726 8028 2725 8029 2734 8038
      2747 8041 2747 8025 2725 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 275DEG 21KT 2738 8013 2737 8021 

$$

CRISTALDI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 24, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake39 min
Mar 24, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake48 min
Mar 24, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia48 min
Mar 24, 9:10 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola35 min
Mar 24, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole52 min
Mar 24, 9:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB97 min
Mar 24, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola44 min
Mar 24, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard40 min
Mar 25, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake, Orange64 min
Mar 25, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia42 min
Mar 25, 1:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB51 min
Mar 25, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Orange, Seminole93 min
Mar 25, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Osceola63 min
Mar 25, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin40 min
Mar 25, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB84 min
Mar 25, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB119 min
Mar 25, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola55 min
Mar 25, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin32 min
Mar 25, 3:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBMartin2 hr
Mar 25, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin59 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.