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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 4, 1995Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1995, 11:23 PM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 1995, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Orange County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1170 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
1170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMLB 050332 COR
TORMLB
FLC095-097-050400-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1123 PM EDT SUN JUN 4 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

   ...WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY

AT 1120 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCED FUNNEL
CLOUD SIGHTINGS AND DAMAGE AS IT MOVED THROUGH NORTHEAST POLK COUNTY
DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 25 MPH
AND WILL REACH INTO EXTREME WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN THE DISNEY WORLD AREA
BETWEEN 1130 AND 1145 PM.



IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. THE SAFEST
PLACE IS AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
A STRONG BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 11:23 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola28 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.