Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2003, 3:08 PM EDT for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 22 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
- Aug 9, 2003, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2003, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 688 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 091908 TORMLB FLC061-091930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 307 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF WABASSO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR HEAD AND BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST UNFLOODED DITCH... CULVERT...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A NEARBY TORNADO IN YOUR CAR. LAT...LON 2782 8058 2765 8052 2776 8003 2797 8010 $$ 55
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 10:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 103 min | |
| Aug 9, 12:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 min | |
| Aug 9, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 119 min | |
| Aug 9, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 min | |
| Aug 9, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 32 min |
| Aug 9, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 42 min |
| Aug 9, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr |
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.