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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 16, 2022Martin County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2022, 3:16 PM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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: Mar 16, 2022, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2022, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Martin County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 128 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 1:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

089 
WUUS52 KMLB 161916
SVRMLB
FLC085-162000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0013.220316T1916Z-220316T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
316 PM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Martin County in east central Florida...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 315 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
  of Indiantown, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Stuart, Tequesta, Jupiter Island, Palm City and Hobe Sound. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2697 8008 2697 8014 2696 8015 2696 8048
      2697 8048 2730 8017 2719 8013 2704 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 224DEG 29KT 2694 8038 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Weitlich

2 follow-up statements

965 
WWUS52 KMLB 161934
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
334 PM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

FLC085-162000-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220316T2000Z/
Martin FL-
334 PM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...

At 334 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Palm City,
moving northeast at 35 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...
Stuart, Tequesta, Jupiter Island, Palm City and Hobe Sound. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2697 8014 2696 8015 2696 8047 2697 8048
      2730 8017 2705 8008 2697 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 218DEG 29KT 2707 8028 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Weitlich

405 
WWUS52 KMLB 161955 RRA
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
355 PM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

FLC085-162005-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220316T2000Z/
Martin FL-
355 PM EDT Wed Mar 16 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
east central Florida.

LAT...LON 2697 8014 2696 8015 2696 8047 2697 8048
      2730 8017 2705 8008 2697 8008
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 210DEG 30KT 2722 8021 

$$

Weitlich

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 8:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	32 min
Mar 15, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	32 min
Mar 15, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	25 min
Mar 15, 9:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	34 min
Mar 15, 10:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	16 min
Mar 15, 10:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	40 min
Mar 15, 10:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	24 min
Mar 15, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	30 min
Mar 15, 10:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	33 min
Mar 15, 11:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	34 min
Mar 15, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	59 min
Mar 15, 11:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange	31 min
Mar 16, 12:03 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange	27 min
Mar 16, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	38 min
Mar 16, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	48 min
Mar 16, 12:32 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		88 min
Mar 16, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	48 min
Mar 16, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Osceola	60 min
Mar 16, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	42 min
Mar 16, 3:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		58 min
Mar 16, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole	40 min
Mar 16, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	66 min
Mar 16, 3:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		114 min
Mar 16, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	40 min
Mar 16, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		53 min
Mar 16, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Volusia	34 min
Mar 16, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River	36 min
Mar 16, 5:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		64 min
Mar 16, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	33 min
Mar 16, 5:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	23 min
Mar 16, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie	32 min
Mar 16, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake, Seminole	49 min
Mar 16, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Mar 16, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	45 min
Mar 16, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Saint Lucie	61 min
Mar 16, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	49 min
Mar 16, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		66 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.