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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 15, 1994Indian River County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 1994, 4:40 PM EST for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 1994, 4:40 PM EST (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 1994, 5:15 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Indian River County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2085 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
2085 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 KMLB 152141
TORMLB
FLC061-152215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
440 PM EST TUE NOV 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 535 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
 
...TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY UNTIL 525
PM EST...
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IN MELBOURNE HAS
INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OFFSHORE MOVING TOWARD THE COAST OF INDIAN
RIVER COUNTY. ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED WITHIN THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS
INDICATES THAT A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE THUNDERSTORM.  ON THE
CURRENT TRACK THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE BETWEEN
WABASSO AND OSLO AT AROUND 455 PM AND MOVE NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...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.
 
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES CAN BE TOSSED ABOUT BY TORNADO WINDS. DO NOT
TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR VEHICLE. ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE
HOMES WHEN THREXATENED BY A TORNADO AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF
NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
BKC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 6:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.