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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 2, 1990Martin County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 8:15 AM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 8:15 AM EDT (12:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 9:15 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Martin 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1973 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1973 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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 KPBI 021215
TORPBI
FLC085-021315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
815 AM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACANT WATERS OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST
 
 
SEVERAL WATERSPOUTS IN THE HOBE SOUND AREA HAVE BEEN SIGHTED IN
THE LAST 15 MINUTES.
 
A COUPLE OF THESE WATERSPOUTS HAVE MOVED ONSHORE AS SMALL TORNADOES.
 
PERSONS IN THE HOBE SOUND AREA AND IN THE JOHNATHON DICKERSON
STATE PARK ARE AVISED TO BE ALERT FOR THIS SEVERE WEATHER FOR
THE NEXT HOUR.
 
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL WATERSPOUTS IN THE
WARNED AREA.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
NNNN

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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.