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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 16, 2004Martin County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2004, 3:23 PM EST for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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 16, 2004, 3:23 PM EST (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2004, 3:50 PM EST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

525 
WFUS52 KMLB 162023
TORMLB
FLC085-162050-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
322 PM EST TUE MAR 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 350 PM EST

* AT 320 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO NEAR HOBE SOUND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. REPORTS 
INDICATED
  A TORNADO FURTHER INLAND WITH THIS STORM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOBE SOUND BEACH...JOHNATHAN
  DICKINSON STATE PARK AND PORT SALERNO.

TAKE COVER NOW IN HOBE SOUND AND HOBE SOUND BEACH.

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.

LAT...LON 2713 8030 2696 8023 2711 7961 2736 7971

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 3:16 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB74 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.