Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2002, 2:48 PM EST for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2002, 2:48 PM EST (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2002, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 161948 TORMLB FLC097-162030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 245 PM EST SAT NOV 16 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 330 PM EST * AT 240 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENANSVILLE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF YEEHAW JUNCTION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS RURAL SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...REACHING KENANSVILLE BY 315 PM EST THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NECESSARY...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME OR RV FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GET INTO AN UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS AND ARMS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY. THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO PASS IT ALONG TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. OR YOU MAY CALL THE MELBOURNE WEATHER OFFICE DIRECTLY AT THIS NUMBER 1 800 683 4468. YOUR TIMELY REPORT COULD SAVE SOMEONE ELSES LIFE LAT...LON 2760 8130 2756 8118 2776 8091 2797 8091 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 11:50 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 85 min | |
| Nov 16, 3:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 58 min |
| Nov 16, 3:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 105 min | |
| Nov 16, 3:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 105 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.