Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia 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
- May 20, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
963
WUUS52 KMLB 201815
SVRMLB
FLC009-127-201845-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0041.160520T1815Z-160520T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
215 PM EDT FRI MAY 20 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 214 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OAK HILL...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 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 ORANGE...TITUSVILLE...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...EDGEWATER AND OAK HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2902 8084 2860 8054 2846 8049 2844 8051
2852 8091 2853 8094 2856 8093 2859 8094
2862 8099 2868 8102 2912 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 298DEG 32KT 2888 8090
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WEITLICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 65 min | |
| May 19, 10:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 49 min |
| May 20, 1:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin | 2 hr |
| May 20, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 59 min |
| May 20, 12:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 64 min |
| May 20, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 96 min | |
| May 20, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 50 min |
| May 20, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 117 min | |
| May 20, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 47 min |
| May 20, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Osceola | 61 min |
| May 20, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 61 min |
| May 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| May 20, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 63 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.