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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2005, 12:40 PM EDT for 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
- May 4, 2005, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2005, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 041641 TORMLB FLC127-041715- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0014.050504T1640Z-050504T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1240 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...NEW SMYRNA BEACH * UNTIL 115 PM EDT * AT 1240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION NEAR PORT ORANGE... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILBUR BY THE SEA. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY. LAT...LON 2920 8108 2902 8110 2894 8065 2919 8062 $$ 52
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 041652 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1250 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 FLC127-041715- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050504T1715Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 1250 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 115 PM EDT FOR EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 1249 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PONCE INLET... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW SMYRNA BEACH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2920 8108 2902 8110 2894 8065 2919 8062 $$ 52
000 WWUS52 KMLB 041712 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 111 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 FLC127-041721- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-050504T1715Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 112 PM EDT WED MAY 4 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 115 PM EDT... AT 110 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO HAD MOVED OVER THE NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2920 8108 2902 8110 2894 8065 2919 8062 $$ 52
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 95 min | |
| May 4, 7:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 48 min |
| May 4, 8:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 95 min | |
| May 4, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 116 min | |
| May 4, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 min | |
| May 4, 9:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 56 min |
| May 4, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 min | |
| May 4, 12:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 40 min |
| May 4, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 113 min | |
| May 4, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 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.