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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2016, 8:17 PM EDT for Lake County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 15, 2016, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2016, 8:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 960 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
538
WUUS52 KMLB 160017
SVRMLB
FLC069-095-160100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0055.160716T0017Z-160716T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
817 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 817 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
CLERMONT...OR NEAR GROVELAND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
APOPKA...EUSTIS...TAVARES...MOUNT DORA AND GROVELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2895 8176 2880 8152 2844 8176 2855 8196
2864 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 130DEG 6KT 2856 8179
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WEITLICH1 follow-up statement
289
WWUS52 KMLB 160044
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
844 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
FLC069-095-160054-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160716T0100Z/
ORANGE FL-LAKE FL-
844 PM EDT FRI JUL 15 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ORANGE AND
SOUTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2895 8176 2880 8152 2844 8176 2855 8196
2864 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 130DEG 6KT 2859 8183
$$
WEITLICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 82 min |
| Jul 16, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 59 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.