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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 11, 1988Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 11, 1988, 4:11 PM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 1988, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 1988, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1988-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-269 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDAB 112013
TORDAB
FLC009-127-112100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
411 PM EDT WED MAY 11 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
          ...NORTHERN BREVARD...SOUTHERN VOLUSIA
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THESE COUNTIES.
 
 
AT 405PM RADAR SHOWS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF OAK
HILL IN THE EXTREME SOUTH END OF VOLUSIA COUNTY. THERE IS A STRONG
POSSIBILITY THAT A TORNADO MAY BE ASSOICATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
AS THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVES OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...
BOATERS IN THE THREATENED AREA SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO AVOID
THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THuE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

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.