Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 44, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 20, 2004, 6:03 PM EDT for Brevard 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
- Oct 20, 2004, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 2984 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 503 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 202203 TORMLB FLC009-202230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 602 PM EDT WED OCT 20 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE WATERSPOUT OVER THE BANANA RIVER MOVING TOWARDS CAPE CANAVERAL. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR PORT CANAVERAL AT 605 PM EDT WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE CONFIRMED THIS WATERSPOUT. TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER. 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 2850 8059 2838 8074 2809 8050 2824 8031 $$ SPRATT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 57 min |
| Oct 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 41 min |
| Oct 20, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 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.