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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 14, 1986Lake County, Seminole County, Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1986-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1297 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 1986-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 ALONG 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 8:05 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake60 min
Mar 14, 8:43 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia47 min
Mar 14, 8:43 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBFlagler35 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.