Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2016, 6:59 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2016, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 963 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
061
WUUS52 KMLB 262259
SVRMLB
FLC069-095-117-127-270000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0018.160326T2259Z-160327T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
659 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
EAST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
CENTRAL SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SOUTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 658 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SORRENTO...OR
NEAR MOUNT PLYMOUTH...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST 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...
DELTONA...SANFORD...APOPKA...ALTAMONTE SPRINGS AND WINTER SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2869 8169 2877 8173 2890 8172 2904 8124
2871 8105 2868 8140
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 238DEG 31KT 2889 8157
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SEDLOCK2 follow-up statements
241
WWUS52 KMLB 262328
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
728 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2016
FLC095-262337-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160327T0000Z/
ORANGE FL-
728 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2879 8165 2883 8165 2890 8157 2901 8134
2904 8125 2879 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 286DEG 14KT 2881 8144
$$
FLC069-117-127-270000-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160327T0000Z/
LAKE FL-SEMINOLE FL-VOLUSIA FL-
728 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL LAKE...NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL
VOLUSIA COUNTIES...
AT 727 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT PLYMOUTH...
MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
DELTONA...SANFORD...DELAND...EUSTIS AND MOUNT DORA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2879 8165 2883 8165 2890 8157 2901 8134
2904 8125 2879 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 286DEG 14KT 2881 8144
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SEDLOCK302
WWUS52 KMLB 262357
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
757 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2016
FLC069-117-127-270006-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160327T0000Z/
LAKE FL-SEMINOLE FL-VOLUSIA FL-
757 PM EDT SAT MAR 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAKE...
NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE AND SOUTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 800 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED JUST BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS AND WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER... SMALL HAIL... GUSTY
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2879 8165 2883 8165 2890 8157 2901 8134
2904 8125 2879 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 238DEG 31KT 2881 8144
$$
SEDLOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 87 min | |
| Mar 25, 9:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Saint Lucie | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 63 min |
| Mar 26, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 62 min |
| Mar 26, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 7:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 52 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.