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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 23, 1993Martin County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 1993, 3:45 PM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 1993, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 1993, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Martin County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPBI 231945
TORPBI
FLC085-232015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL
345 PM EDT WED JUN 23 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 335 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY NEAR STUART. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 10 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
A TORNADO MAY POSSIBLY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
 
SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE STUART AREA.
 
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.<
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Palm Beach	47 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.