Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 1986, 8:45 AM EST for Lake County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 1986, 8:45 AM EST (13:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1986, 9:45 AM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lake County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 5:35 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 535 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR MARION COUNTY FLORIDA. A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 90 MILES WEST OF TAMPA BAY TO CEDAR KEY THEN WAYCROSS GEORGIA..AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED TO ISOLATED OVER OTHER PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF THE NORTH FLORIDA COAST..WITH MOVEMENT TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED OR WARNINGS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 6:50 AM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 645 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR MARION COUNTY FLORIDA. A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF JACKSONVILLE..GAINSVILLE.. AMD CRYSTAL RIVER. THIS LINE WAS THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING WEST TO CROSS CITY AND LIVE OAK. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW MOVING INTO THE WESTERN SECTION OF MARION COUNTY AND SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS. PERSONS IN IN MARION COUNTY AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED OR WARNINGS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:36 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 730 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR MARION COUNTY FLORIDA. A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. THE LEADING EDGE WAS NEAR JACKSONVILLE..PALATKA..WILDEWOOD..AND TARPON SPRINGS. THIS LINE WAS IN A VERY LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT COVERED MUCH OF NORTH FLORIDA FROM TARPON SPRINGS AND TITUSVILLE NORTH. THIS AREA EXTENDED INTO THE ATLANTIC FOR MORE THEN 100 MILES. PERSONS IN IN MARION COUNTY AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED OR WARNINGS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 7:52 AM EST, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 745 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO WEST VOLUSIA AND FLAGLER COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT NEAR 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THESE TWO COUNTIES DURING THE NEAXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LINE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL..GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED. BOATERS ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT. STAY TUNED TO THE LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENT IF THEY ARE NEEDED.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 8:00 AM EST, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ORLANDO FL 755AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IS PRESENTLY MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR AND INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS PERSONS IN LAKE SEMINOLE ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES OF CENTRAL FLORIDA CAN EXPECT LOCALLY STRONG GUSTY WIND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING POSSIBLE HAIL AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
Special weather statement, Mar 14, 8:41 AM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 835 AM EST FRI MAR 14 1986 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 35 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR MARION COUNTY FLORIDA. A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES UNTIL 9AM EST. A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED JUST AFTER 8AM AT THE FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT. A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED RATHER RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTH FLORI,DA AND INTO THE COASTAL WATERS FROM DAYTONA BEACH NORTH AND CONTINUED SOUTHWEST TO TAMPA FROM DAYTONA BEACH. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF THE PENINSULA FROM TAMPA AND ORLANDO NORTHWARD.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 8:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 8:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Flagler | 35 min |
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.