Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2016, 5:20 PM EDT for Brevard County, Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 18, 2016, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1068 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
972
WUUS52 KMLB 182120
SVRMLB
FLC009-061-182200-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0049.160618T2120Z-160618T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
520 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 520 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BAREFOOT BAY...
MOVING SOUTH 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...
PALM BAY...SEBASTIAN...FELLSMERE...INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND BAREFOOT
BAY.
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 2794 8070 2797 8051 2772 8036 2770 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 348DEG 12KT 2788 8062
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BRAGAW2 follow-up statements
187
WWUS52 KMLB 182143
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
543 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2016
FLC009-061-182200-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160618T2200Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-BREVARD FL-
543 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTIES...
AT 542 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FELLSMERE...
MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALM BAY...SEBASTIAN...FELLSMERE...INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND BAREFOOT BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2794 8070 2797 8051 2772 8036 2770 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 348DEG 12KT 2781 8060
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BRAGAW855
WWUS52 KMLB 182155
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
555 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2016
FLC009-061-182204-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160618T2200Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-BREVARD FL-
555 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER AND
SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE STILL EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2794 8070 2797 8051 2772 8036 2770 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 348DEG 12KT 2781 8060
$$
BRAGAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 58 hr | |
| Jun 18, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 59 min | |
| Jun 18, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 41 min |
| Jun 18, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min | |
| Jun 18, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 36 min |
| Jun 18, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 29 min |
| Jun 18, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 83 min | |
| Jun 18, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 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.