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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 1, 2016Lake County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2016, 2:53 PM EDT for Lake County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 1, 2016, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 1, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 468 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

778 
WUUS52 KMLB 011853
SVRMLB
FLC069-095-011930-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0065.160901T1853Z-160901T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
253 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT

* AT 251 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FERNDALE...
  MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  APOPKA...OCOEE...WINTER GARDEN...EUSTIS AND TAVARES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2893 8171 2889 8141 2854 8158 2858 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 196DEG 24KT 2863 8167 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BRAGAW
1 follow-up statement
403 
WWUS52 KMLB 011927
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
327 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

FLC069-095-011937-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160901T1930Z/
ORANGE FL-LAKE FL-
327 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ORANGE AND
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2893 8171 2889 8141 2854 8158 2858 8176
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 196DEG 24KT 2863 8167 

$$

BRAGAW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie59 min
Aug 31, 10:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Aug 31, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River32 min
Sep 1, 4:07 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsMLB42 hr
Sep 1, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River55 min
Sep 1, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie49 min
Sep 1, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange50 min
Sep 1, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola42 min
Sep 1, 2:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole45 min
Sep 1, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB84 min
Sep 1, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange25 min
Sep 1, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 min
Sep 1, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee46 min
Sep 1, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB59 min
Sep 1, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Seminole, Volusia39 min
Sep 1, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia36 min
Sep 1, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB85 min
Sep 1, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie67 min
Sep 1, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola46 min
Sep 1, 4:28 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningMLB23 hr
Sep 1, 4:41 PM EDTWind AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia23 hr
Sep 1, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia53 min
Sep 1, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB54 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.