Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2016, 3:16 PM EDT for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2016, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2016, 3:46 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1011 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS52 KMLB 281916
SVRMLB
FLC061-282000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0020.160328T1916Z-160328T2000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
316 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT
* AT 314 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POINTE WEST...
OR 7 MILES WEST OF GIFFORD...MOVING EAST AT 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...
SEBASTIAN...VERO BEACH...FELLSMERE...INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND WINTER
BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2756 8055 2756 8059 2771 8066 2782 8040
2760 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 250DEG 26KT 2766 8054
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KELLY2 follow-up statements
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WWUS52 KMLB 281930
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
330 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016
FLC061-282000-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160328T2000Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-
330 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...
AT 330 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GIFFORD...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VERO BEACH...INDIAN RIVER SHORES...WABASSO...WINTER BEACH AND VERO BEACH
SOUTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 2760 8031 2757 8049 2758 8052 2773 8052
2777 8038 2764 8032 2760 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 257DEG 22KT 2766 8044
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
KELLY359
WWUS52 KMLB 281946
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
346 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016
FLC061-281955-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160328T2000Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-
346 PM EDT MON MAR 28 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA BY PUSHING OFFSHORE.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING IN
FROM THE WEST.
LAT...LON 2760 8031 2757 8049 2758 8052 2773 8052
2777 8038 2764 8032 2760 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 250DEG 26KT 2770 8032
$$
KELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 59 min | |
| Mar 28, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 min | |
| Mar 28, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.