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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2016, 2:50 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2016, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2016, 3:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Edgewater, FL | SPOTTER REPORTS A DOWNED PINE TREE 2-3 FT IN DIAMETER |
| Sep 29, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Edgewater, FL | SPOTTER REPORTS DOWNED MAPLE TREE AND DOWNED BRANCHES |
| Sep 29, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Edgewater, FL | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS A DOWNED TREE ON POWER LINES AND DAMAGE TO FPL EQUIPMENT |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
887
WUUS52 KMLB 291850
SVRMLB
FLC127-291930-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0071.160929T1850Z-160929T1930Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
250 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 249 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
MAYTOWN...OR 7 MILES WEST OF SCOTTSMOOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
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...
DELTONA...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...EDGEWATER...OAK HILL AND MAYTOWN.
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 2880 8069 2877 8078 2879 8079 2879 8084
2877 8080 2875 8084 2879 8085 2879 8097
2870 8097 2869 8100 2875 8106 2878 8105
2881 8107 2883 8111 2881 8113 2886 8119
2908 8089
TIME...MOT...LOC 1849Z 238DEG 27KT 2880 8099
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SEDLOCK2 follow-up statements
241
WWUS52 KMLB 291907
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
307 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
FLC127-291930-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160929T1930Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
307 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 306 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EDGEWATER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW SMYRNA BEACH...EDGEWATER...OAK HILL...BETHUNE BEACH AND MAYTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2908 8089 2880 8069 2879 8073 2879 8074
2878 8074 2877 8078 2879 8079 2879 8084
2878 8083 2877 8080 2875 8084 2879 8085
2879 8097 2890 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 215DEG 25KT 2892 8095
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CRISTALDI287
WWUS52 KMLB 291920
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
320 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
FLC127-291927-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-160929T1930Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
320 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING WERE MOVING OFFSHORE INTO THE
ADJACENT ATLANTIC OCEAN, WHERE A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER, EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS STILL
OCCURRING WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 2908 8089 2880 8069 2879 8073 2879 8074
2878 8074 2877 8078 2879 8079 2879 8084
2878 8083 2877 8080 2875 8084 2879 8085
2879 8097 2890 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 238DEG 27KT 2897 8087
$$
CRISTALDIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 52 min |
| Sep 29, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Sep 29, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 48 min |
| Sep 29, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 56 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.