Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 1994, 10:47 PM EST for Palm Beach County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 1994, 10:47 PM EST (03:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1994, 11:45 PM EST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Palm Beach County, FL
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 639 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 KPBI 160357 COR TORPBI FLC099-160445- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FOR COUNTY LOCATION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEST PALM BEACH FL 1047 PM EST TUE NOV 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WEST PALM BEACH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH FLORIDA ...NORTH EAST PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST AT 1035 PM EST THE PALM BEACH FIRE RESCUE REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES INLAND FROM THE COAST IN JUPITER, FL. THIS TORNADO IS ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWEST OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. 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. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. & NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 7:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 8:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 9:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 9:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 58 min |
| Nov 16, 3:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 3:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 56 min |
| Nov 16, 9:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Palm Beach | 29 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.