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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2016, 3:56 PM EDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2016, 4:22 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 619 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
593 WUUS52 KMLB 221956 SVRMLB FLC085-111-222045- /O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0070.160922T1956Z-160922T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 356 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 356 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TRADITION...OR 7 MILES WEST OF PORT SAINT LUCIE...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRADITION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2729 8061 2733 8042 2719 8033 2711 8056 TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 334DEG 1KT 2725 8047 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ WEITLICH
2 follow-up statements
972 WWUS52 KMLB 222008 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 408 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016 FLC085-111-222045- /O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-160922T2045Z/ ST. LUCIE FL-MARTIN FL- 408 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ST. LUCIE AND NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES... AT 408 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TRADITION...OR 7 MILES WEST OF PORT SAINT LUCIE...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TRADITION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2729 8061 2733 8042 2719 8033 2711 8056 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 334DEG 1KT 2725 8047 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ WEITLICH
644
WWUS52 KMLB 222022
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
422 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
FLC085-111-222031-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-160922T2045Z/
ST. LUCIE FL-MARTIN FL-
422 PM EDT THU SEP 22 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ST. LUCIE AND
NORTHWESTERN MARTIN 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 STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2729 8061 2733 8042 2719 8033 2711 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 334DEG 1KT 2725 8047
$$
WEITLICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 46 min |
| Sep 22, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Saint Lucie | 90 min |
| Sep 22, 4:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 86 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.