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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 25, 2004Brevard County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2004, 6:46 PM EDT for Brevard County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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 25, 2004, 6:46 PM EDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2004, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 25, 4:25 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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 2004-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 252246
TORMLB
FLC009-095-252315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
645 PM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY
  EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY
  IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER KENNEDY SPACE CENTER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
NEAR TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...PORT SAINT JOHN...AND SHARPES AT 650 PM EDT
NEAR CANAVERAL GROVES AT 655 PM EDT
NEAR LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP AT 700 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.

LAT...LON 2851 8061 2866 8073 2834 8122 2834 8088

$$

BRAGAW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 5:51 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBIndian River, Okeechobee29 min
Sep 25, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBMartin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie30 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.