Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 1991, 10:30 AM EST for Flagler County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 1991, 10:30 AM EST (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1991, 11:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Flagler County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAB 031532 TORDAB FLC035-031600- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 1030 AM EST SUN MAR 3 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...FLAGLER COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBILC NEAR THE FLAGLER COUNTY LINE WEST OF BUNNELL MOVING NORTHEAST 50 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE BLOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
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, 3 hours 41 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, 3 hours 38 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, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 37 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, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 36 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, 9:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 10:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 59 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.