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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT for Orange County, Osceola 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 18, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 2322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
438 WUUS52 KMLB 182033 SVRMLB FLC095-097-182100- /O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0056.160718T2033Z-160718T2100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 433 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 433 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ORLANDO...KISSIMMEE...BAY LAKE... BUENA VENTURA LAKES AND INTERCESSION CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 2846 8131 2833 8127 2821 8149 2848 8159 TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 077DEG 16KT 2842 8136 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ BRAGAW
1 follow-up statement
824
WWUS52 KMLB 182100
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
500 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
FLC095-097-182110-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160718T2100Z/
ORANGE FL-OSCEOLA FL-
500 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE AND NORTH
CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2846 8131 2833 8127 2821 8149 2848 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 077DEG 16KT 2842 8136
$$
BRAGAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 62 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.