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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2004, 11:59 AM EDT for Brevard County, Orange County, 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
- Sep 6, 2004, 11:59 AM EDT (15:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2004, 12:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 457 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
666
WFUS52 KMLB 061559
TORMLB
FLC009-095-127-061630-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1158 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY
EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT
* AT 1154 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER CHRISTMAS...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
7 MILES WEST OF MIMS AT 1210 PM EDT
NEAR SCOTTSMOOR AND MAYTOWN AT 1215 PM EDT
NEAR OAK HILL AT 1225 PM EDT
NEAR BETHUNE BEACH...ELDORA...APOLLO BEACH...EDGEWATER AT 1230 PM
EDT
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 2880 8072 2848 8090 2857 8107 2860 8120
2860 8103 2863 8100 2887 8110 2895 8103
2916 8096
$$
BRAGAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 31 min |
| Sep 6, 8:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 59 min |
| Sep 6, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 10:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 11:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 32 min |
| Sep 6, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 30 min |
| Sep 6, 12:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 24 min |
| Sep 6, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Volusia | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 12:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 116 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.