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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 1, 1995Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 1995, 11:15 PM EDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1995, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
45 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 03:19 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, 3.3 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 1995-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1831 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, Jacksonville, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
1831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 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 020315
TORMLB
FLC127-020400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1115 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY
 
AT 1115 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST OFFSHORE
VOLUSIA COUNTY APPROACHING THE COAST AT ORMOND BEACH AND HOLLY HILL. THE
STORM WAS MOVING QUICKLY TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 50 MPH. COASTAL RESIDENTS
SHOULD ACT NOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST FROM ORMOND BEACH TO NEW
SMYRNA BEACH.
 
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS OFFSHORE VOLUSIA COUNTY WERE ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF
ROTATION.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF
THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER IF AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE GO TO
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID
WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMESp FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING
OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard66 min
Aug 2, 2:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard40 min
Aug 2, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard52 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.