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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 31, 2017Indian River County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2017, 3:19 PM EDT for Indian River 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
May 31, 2017, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2017, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Indian River County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2017-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 779 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 2017-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

478 
WUUS52 KMLB 311919
SVRMLB
FLC061-311945-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0033.170531T1919Z-170531T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
319 PM EDT WED MAY 31 2017

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Indian River County in east central Florida...

* Until 345 PM EDT

* At 319 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fellsmere,
  and is nearly stationary.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Fellsmere and Vero Lake Estates. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2782 8053 2771 8051 2770 8073 2782 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 062DEG 3KT 2777 8063 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Bragaw

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake45 min
May 30, 8:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange30 min
May 30, 9:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole84 min
May 31, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River43 min
May 31, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River46 min
May 31, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole54 min
May 31, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola39 min
May 31, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange62 min
May 31, 6:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin45 min
May 31, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole47 min
May 31, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin29 min
May 31, 7:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole41 min
May 31, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole47 min
May 31, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB97 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.