Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2003
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 2003, 7:44 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 19, 2003, 7:44 PM EST (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2003, 8:15 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 3048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882 WFUS52 KMLB 200044 TORMLB FLC127-200115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 743 PM EST WED MAR 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 815 PM EST * AT 743 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF OAK HILL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAYTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR OAK HILL...APOLLO BEACH...ELDORA AT 755 PM EST 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FRIEGHT TRAIN. TORNADOES ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WHICH ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 2896 8103 2878 8101 2880 8073 2899 8075 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 32 min |
| Mar 19, 7:30 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Mar 19, 7:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 38 min |
| Mar 20, 4:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 81 min | |
| Mar 20, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 62 min |
| Mar 20, 6:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 60 min | |
| Mar 20, 6:18 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 87 min | |
| Mar 20, 6:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Mar 20, 6:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 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.