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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 3, 1992Marion County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 1992, 5:40 PM EDT for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 1992, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
298 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 032142
TORDAB
FLC083-032230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
540 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MARION COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR
ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF OCALA...JUST SOUTHEAST OF
CITRA.  MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 20 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 IN6TERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBMarion60 min
Oct 3, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMarion68 min

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.