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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 4, 2004Seminole County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 2004, 5:25 PM EDT for Seminole County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
Sep 4, 2004, 5:25 PM EDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2004, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 372 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 042125
TORMLB
FLC117-127-042200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
525 PM EDT SAT SEP 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SEMINOLE COUNTY
  SOUTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  OSTEEN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF EDGEWATER...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
  60 MPH.

* THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR OSTEEN...DELTONA AT 535 PM EDT
  NEAR MIDWAY...LAKE MONROE...AT 540 PM EDT
  NEAR LAKE MARY...SANFORD AT 545 PM EDT
  NEAR LONGWOOD AT 550 PM EDT

TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE OFTEN WRAPPED IN
HEAVY RAIN AND ARE HARD TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. DO
NOT GET CAUGHT OFFGUARD

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 AND KEEP AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN AN RV PARK...LEAVE YOUR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. MANY
PARKS HAVE CENTRALIZED BUILDINGS SUCH AS REC CENTERS...POOL HOUSES...
COMMUNITY SHOWERS AND BATHS...OR A MAIN OFFICE WHICH CAN OFFER BETTER
PROTECTION.

LAT...LON 2892 8093 2902 8102 2879 8144 2863 8136

$$

SK

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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.