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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 10, 2025Okeechobee County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2025, 12:45 PM EDT for Okeechobee County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 10, 2025, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2025, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Okeechobee County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2025-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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 2025-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

147 
WUUS52 KMLB 101645
SVRMLB
FLC093-111-101715-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0013.250310T1645Z-250310T1715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1245 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  St. Lucie County in east central Florida...
  East central Okeechobee County in east central Florida...

* Until 115 PM EDT.

* At 1244 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles
  northeast of Four Seasons Estates, or 12 miles northeast of
  Treasure Island, moving east at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Port Saint Lucie River Park, Carlton, Saint Lucie West, Fort Pierce
  South, and Tradition Field.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2729 8068 2741 8075 2755 8042 2728 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 255DEG 23KT 2734 8063 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Law
2 follow-up statements
250 
WWUS52 KMLB 101650
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1250 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025

FLC093-101700-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250310T1715Z/
Okeechobee FL-
1250 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OKEECHOBEE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning moved out of the 
warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 2729 8059 2741 8064 2755 8042 2728 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 255DEG 26KT 2736 8057 

$$

FLC111-101715-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250310T1715Z/
St. Lucie FL-
1250 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL ST. LUCIE COUNTY...

At 1250 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest
of Tradition, or 14 miles west of White City, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Port Saint Lucie River Park, Carlton, Saint Lucie West, Fort Pierce
South, and Tradition Field.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into a
small central room in a sturdy structure.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2729 8059 2741 8064 2755 8042 2728 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 255DEG 26KT 2736 8057 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Law
411 
WWUS52 KMLB 101711
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
111 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025

FLC111-101719-
/O.EXP.KMLB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250310T1715Z/
St. Lucie FL-
111 PM EDT Mon Mar 10 2025

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ST. LUCIE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 115 PM EDT...

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
east central St Lucie county.

Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for east central 
St Lucie county.

LAT...LON 2729 8059 2741 8064 2755 8042 2728 8030
TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 255DEG 23KT 2739 8044 

$$

Law

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 12:56 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMLBBrevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more23 hr
Mar 10, 2:14 AM EDTGale WarningMLB27 hr
Mar 10, 8:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake29 min
Mar 10, 8:35 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake, Orange25 min
Mar 10, 8:57 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake, Orange22 min
Mar 10, 9:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB32 min
Mar 10, 9:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia28 min
Mar 10, 9:34 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Seminole, Volusia26 min
Mar 10, 9:57 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBSeminole, Volusia36 min
Mar 10, 9:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Mar 10, 10:17 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia28 min
Mar 10, 10:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange, Seminole53 min
Mar 10, 11:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB86 min
Mar 10, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange35 min
Mar 10, 11:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Osceola12 min
Mar 10, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange28 min
Mar 10, 12:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee41 min
Mar 10, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard30 min
Mar 10, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB63 min
Mar 10, 12:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee, Saint Lucie41 min
Mar 10, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSaint Lucie39 min
Mar 10, 12:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB112 min
Mar 10, 12:58 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBSaint Lucie32 min
Mar 10, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB56 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.