Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1993, 1:15 AM EST for Flagler County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 75 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1993, 1:15 AM EST (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1993, 2:30 AM EST
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Flagler County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAB 130616 TORDAB FLC127-035-FLZ000-130730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 115 AM EST SAT MAR 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...VOLUSIA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA ...FLAGLER COUNTY A TORNADO WARNING IS IN EFECT FOR VOLUSIA AND FLAGLER COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM EST... AT 108 AM EST VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RECEIVED REPORTS OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR DELAND. RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG STORM NEAR DELAND AND THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPDILY INTO DAYTONA BEACH PASSING FROM NEAR THE AIRPORT NORTH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES AND TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT. THE STORMS...AND POSSIBLY ACCOMPANYING TORNADOS...WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL LIKELY REACH THE DAYTONA AREA WIHTIN THE NEXT FIFTEEN MINUTES. 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 LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. 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. AS THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVES OUT OVER THE COASTAL WATERS... BOATERS IN THE THREATENED AREA SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO AVOID THE HAZARDOUS WEATHERz.
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 12, 10:36 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-130425- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 1030 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PENINSULA UNTIL 700 AM EST AND INCLUDES MARION COUNTY AS WELL AS FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1025 PM EST...DAYTONA BEACH RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO<. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS RAIN EXTENDED FROM GAINESVILLE TO DUNNELLON TO ST PETERSBURG AND WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 60 MPH.
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 10:52 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
FLZ009-011>012-016>017-130340- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1050 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE ONSHORE THE WEST COAST... AT 1050 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 25 MILES OFFSHORE ST PETERSBURG. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT BETTER THAN 50 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE THE WEST COAST SHORTLY. THIS LINE WAS ABOUT 110 MILES AWAY FROM THE ORLANDO AREA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT LAKE COUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ORLANDO BY ABOUT 1 AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OfUTBREAK. PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER AS WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. RL
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 10:56 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
FLZ009-011>012-016>017-130450- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1050 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT TO MOVE ONSHORE THE WEST COAST... AT 1050 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ABOUT 25 MILES OFFSHORE ST PETERSBURG. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT BETTER THAN 50 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE THE WEST COAST SHORTLY. THIS LINE WAS ABOUT 110 MILES AWAY FROM THE ORLANDO AREA. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT LAKE COUNTY AROUND MIDNIGHT AND ORLANDO BY ABOUT 1 AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE FLORIDA PENINSULA. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUrTBREAK. PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER AS WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. RL
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:41 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
FLZ006>017-020-130525- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL 1130 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA PENINSULA UNTIL 700 AM EST SATURDAY AND INCLUDES MARION COUNTY AS WELL AS FLAGLER AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1125 PM EST...DAYTONA BEACH RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM JUST OFFSHORE ST PETERSBURG TO CEDAR KEY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. MEANWHILE...RAIN BLANKETED MUCH OF NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED FROM LAKELAND TO ASTOR PARK TO JACKSONVILLE AND WAS MOVING EAS*T AT 50 MPH. ISOLATED SHOWERS HAD RECENTLY DEVELOPED BETWEEN SANFORD AND MELBOURNE.
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:51 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
FLZ017-011-016-012-009-130545- SPECIAL EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1150 PM EST FRI MAR 12 1993 ...LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ONSHORE THE WEST COAST... AT 1150 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS JUST MOVING ONSHORE THE WEST COAST. THERE ARE PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF DAMAGE IN LEVY COUNTY AROUND THE CHIEFLAND AREA. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF LEESBURG AND MOVING EAST AT BETTER THAN 50 MPH. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING LAKE COUNTY BETWEEN 1215 AND 1245 AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA. PEOPLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITINONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.
Local storm report, Mar 13, 1:00 AM EST, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 100 AM EST SAT MAR 13 1993 TIME LOCATION REPORT 1230 AM LAKE COUNTY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN MT DORA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 12:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 67 min |
| Mar 13, 12:37 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 68 min |
| Mar 13, 12:48 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 1:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Marion | 85 min |
| Mar 13, 1:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Flagler, Volusia | 10 min |
| Mar 13, 1:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 1:42 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 63 min |
| Mar 13, 1:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 62 min |
| Mar 13, 2:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 4:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River | 55 min |
| Mar 13, 4:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.