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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 30, 1994Marion County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 30, 1994, 11:43 AM EST for Marion County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 30, 1994, 11:43 AM EST (16:43 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 1994, 12:15 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KAYS), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 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 1994-10-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 360 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-10-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDAB 301648 COR
TORDAB
FLC083-301715-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTONA BEACH FL
1143 AM EST SUN OCT 30 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTONA BEACH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA

   ...NORTHERN MARION COUNTY

AT 1135 AM... MARION COUNTY HAS RECEIVED REPORTS OF A TORNADO NEAR
MARION COUNTY LINE EAST OF WILLISTON. DOPPLER REPORTS ALSO INDICATE
STRONG A STRONG POSSIBLITY OF A TORNADO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.  THIS STORM WILL MOVE BY CITRA IN THE NEXT HALF HOUR.
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.



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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 30, 11:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMarion55 min
Oct 30, 12:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBFlagler65 min
Oct 30, 12:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMarion62 min
Oct 30, 1:06 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBMarion69 min
Oct 30, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBFlagler55 min
Oct 30, 1:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Volusia62 min
Oct 30, 2:06 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake50 min
Oct 30, 2:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSeminole, Volusia67 min
Oct 30, 2:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBFlagler62 min
Oct 30, 5:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSaint Lucie43 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.