Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 1991, 9:27 AM EST for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 1991, 9:27 AM EST (14:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1991, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lake County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1051 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMLB 031435 COR TORMLB FLC069-031515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FOR STORM SPEED AND MOTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 927 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...LAKE COUNTY AT 925 AM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF OCALA TO 12 MILES WEST OF LEESBURG TO 25 MILES WEST OF CLERMONT. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED FROM THIS LINE IN CITRUS COUNTY SINCE 9AM. THIS IS A FAST MOVING...DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LEESBURG AREA BY 945AM AND SWEEP THROUGH ALL OF LAKE COUNTY IN THE NEXT HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. BH
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 3, 6:49 AM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-031245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 645 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON EST. RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM SOUTH GEORGIA TO JACKSONVILLE SOUTHWEST TO GAINESVILLE AND THE GULF COASTAL AREA AROUND TAMPA BAY WEST INTO THE GULF AND INTO THE BIG BEND AREA WEST OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND LAKE CITY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST 50 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE uTHUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 6:52 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
FLZ017-011-012-009-031245- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 650 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...RAPIDLY MOVING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 645 AM RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LARGE RAIN AREA WITH EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JACKSONVILLE TO GAINESVILLE AND OCALA AND CROSSED THE WEST COAST INTO THE GULF NEAR TAMPA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG THE WEST COAST NEAR BAYPORT AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA WILL EXTEND FROM PALATKA TO LEESBURG AND CLERMONT WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE OCALA AREA. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND TzHE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON EST. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 7:45 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-031345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 745 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON EST. RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM SOUTH GEORGIA TO JACKSONVILLE...ST. AUGUSTINE...PALATKA AND SOUTHWEST TO LEESBURG AND SOUTH TO WAUCHULA AND WEST INTO THE GULF AND TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST AND NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST 50 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 7:53 AM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
FLZ017-011-012-009-031400- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 751 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...RAPIDLY MOVING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 750 AM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JACKSONVILLE TO GAINESVILLE AND OCALA AND CROSSED THE WEST COAST INTO THE GULF NEAR TAMPA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A LARGE RAIN AREA COVERING MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH AS THEY MOVED ONSHORE THE WEST COAST. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE OCALA AREA AND REACH THE LEESBURG AREA. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA WILL COVER MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEST OF LAKE GEORGE AND THE ORLANDO AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON EST. PLEASE KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PAF
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 8:40 AM EST, 47 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-031445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 840 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28 CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON EST. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM SOUTH GEORGIA TO JACKSONVILLE...ST. AUGUSTINE...FLAGLER BEACH AND 25 MILES WEST OF DAYTONA BEACH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR ORLANDO AND TO TAMPA BAY. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WEST TO NEAR LAKE CITY AND INTO THE GULF FROM CEDAR KEY TO SARASOTA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST 50 MPH. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVSERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 3, 8:54 AM EST, 33 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-031500- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 853 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY APPROACHING INTERIOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... AT 850 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE OCALA AREA SOUTHWEST CROSSING THE WEST COAST OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS NEAR BAYPORT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WITHIN A LARGE RAIN AREA COVERING MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA WEST OF ORLANDO AND LAKE GEORGE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE OCALA AREA AND WILL BE OVER LAKE COUNTY FROM LEESBURG TO CLERMONT BY 10 AM. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL NOON ESTg. IF A TORNADO THREATENS YOUR AREA STAY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PAF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 9:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Marion | 53 min |
| Mar 3, 10:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 59 min |
| Mar 3, 10:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Flagler | 30 min |
| Mar 3, 10:55 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 65 min |
| Mar 3, 11:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 44 min |
| Mar 3, 11:45 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 60 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1991Every tornado warning in 1991Tornadoes in 1991
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.