Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 2017, 7:26 PM EST for Lake County, Orange County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 64 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
- Jan 22, 2017, 7:26 PM EST (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2017, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 4:35 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 838 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted.
679
WUUS52 KMLB 230026
SVRMLB
FLC069-095-127-230130-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0005.170123T0026Z-170123T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
726 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Orange County in east central Florida...
Lake County in east central Florida...
Northwestern Volusia County in east central Florida...
* Until 830 PM EST
* At 726 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located near Lisbon and
Leesburg, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Apopka, Leesburg, Eustis, Tavares and Lady Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for east central
Florida.
LAT...LON 2896 8195 2896 8166 2905 8166 2906 8164
2928 8164 2932 8168 2936 8152 2874 8142
2870 8146 2852 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 239DEG 47KT 2890 8182
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
dws1 follow-up statement
766
WWUS52 KMLB 230052
SVSMLB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
752 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
FLC069-095-127-230130-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170123T0130Z/
Orange FL-Lake FL-Volusia FL-
752 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN ORANGE...CENTRAL LAKE AND NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA
COUNTIES...
At 750 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Barberville to near Paisley to near Mascotte,
moving east at 60 mph.
The threat for damaging winds is especially high near Paisley and
Cassia.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Apopka, Leesburg, Eustis, Tavares and Mount Dora.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted act quickly and move to a place
of safety inside a sturdy structure, such as a basement or small
interior room.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for east central
Florida.
LAT...LON 2878 8195 2896 8166 2905 8166 2906 8164
2928 8164 2932 8168 2936 8152 2874 8142
2870 8146 2852 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 327DEG 31KT 2922 8140 2890 8157 2857 8193
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
CristaldiThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 7:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 60 min |
| Jan 22, 7:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| Jan 22, 7:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 41 min |
| Jan 22, 7:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 31 min |
| Jan 22, 7:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 39 min |
| Jan 22, 7:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 8:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jan 22, 8:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 61 min |
| Jan 22, 8:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 54 min |
| Jan 22, 8:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 46 min |
| Jan 22, 9:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 9:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 9:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 47 min |
| Jan 22, 9:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Osceola | 91 min |
| Jan 22, 10:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 23 min |
| Jan 22, 10:14 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Jan 23, 12:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 24 min |
| Jan 23, 12:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 35 min |
| Jan 23, 1:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jan 23, 3:15 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
Nearby
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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.