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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 19, 1995Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1995, 10:56 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1995, 10:56 PM EDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1995, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 380 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMLB 200257
TORMLB
FLC127-200330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1056 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY
 
AT 1056 PM...MELBOURNE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR INTERSTATE 95 JUST WEST OF PORT
ORANGE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM I
95 TO THE COAST FROM JUST NORTH OF PORT ORANGE TO ABOUT PONCE INLET.
 
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.
 
SPRATT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia46 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.