Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 1991, 9:21 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 1991, 9:21 PM EDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1991, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brevard County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 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 KMLB 100122 RRA TORMLB FLC009-100200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 921 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER NEAR PLAYALINA BEACH. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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.
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, Apr 9, 4:22 PM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
FLZ011-092115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 417 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING NORTHWEST LAKE COUNTY... AT 415 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG RAPIDLY FORMING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LEESBURG. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LEESBURG AREA WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH ITS PASSAGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP ALERT FOR DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 4:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
FLZ011-009-092200- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 457 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF LEESBURG ALONG MARION COUNTY LINE AT 455 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABALE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING JUST NORTH OF LEESBURG AND EAST OF WEIRSDALE ALONG STATE ROAD 42 NEAR THE LAKE/MARION COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL REACH UMATI AND MOVE OVER THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTIN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF FLAGLER BEACH. DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM LEESBURG TO ASTOR PARK AND CONTINUE EAST TO THE COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND DAYTONA BEACH.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:01 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
FLZ011-009-092200- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE...CORRECTION TO 2ND PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 500 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF LEESBURG ALONG MARION COUNTY LINE AT 455 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABALE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING JUST NORTH OF LEESBURG AND EAST OF WEIRSDALE ALONG STATE ROAD 42 NEAR THE LAKE/MARION COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL REACH UMITILLA AND MOVE OVER THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF FLAGLER BEACH. DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FROM LEESBURG TO ASTOR PARK AND CONTINUE EAST TO THE COAST AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND DAYTONA BEACH.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 5:56 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
FLZ011-092300- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 556 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING NORTHWEST LAKE COUNTY... AT 555 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LEESBURG. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST LAKE COUNTY BETWEEN LEESBURG AND LADY LAKE DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY APPROACH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST EAST TO LAKE GEORGE AND CROSSED THE COAST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND DAYTONA BEACH. A FEW SwHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING FROM KISSIMMEE THROUGH THE ORLANDO AREA TO NEAR SANFORD.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
FLZ011-100015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 721 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LAKE AND NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES... AT 720 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL JUST SOUTHWEST OF KISSIMMEE AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF CLERMONT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL AS THEY REACH POPULATED AREAS OF THE KISSIMMEE/ST CLOUD AREA AND CLERMONT WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTHERN OSCEOLA AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:42 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
FLZ011-100145- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 841 PM EDT TUE APR 9 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE METRO ORLANDO AREA... AT 840 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE METRO ORLANDO AREA BETWEEN OCOEE AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LONGWOOD AND SANFORD DURING THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS. ELSEWHERE IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WAS JUST EAST OF SANFORD AND CROSSED THE EAST COAST TO THE COASTAL WATERS NEAR NEW SMYRNA BEACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ATV 15 MPH.
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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.