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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2005, 6:19 PM EDT for Okeechobee County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 23, 2005, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2005, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Okeechobee County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 6:28 PM EDT | TORNADO | Fort Drum, FL | PILOT TRAVEL CENTER IN YEEHAW JUNCTION RELAY PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO NEAR FORT DRUM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 2171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 232219 TORMLB FLC093-097-232300- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0019.051023T2219Z-051023T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 619 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YEEHAW JUNCTION... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 609 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORT DRUM...MOVING NORTH NORTH NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... YEEHAW JUNCTION BY 700 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 THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET AND 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. HEAD TO THE NEAREST STURDY BUILDING. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO PASS IT ALONG TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. OR YOU MAY CALL THE MELBOURNE WEATHER OFFICE DIRECTLY AT THIS NUMBER 1 800 6 8 3 4 4 6 8. YOUR TIMELY REPORT COULD SAVE SOMEONE ELSES LIFE LAT...LON 2741 8090 2750 8072 2782 8087 2771 8111 $$ CRISTALDI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 232232 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 631 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 FLC093-097-232300- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-051023T2300Z/ OKEECHOBEE FL-OSCEOLA FL- 631 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA AND NORTH CENTRAL OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES... AT 610 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN NORTHEAST OKEECHOBEE COUNTY NEAR FORT DRUM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF FORT DRUM...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... YEEHAW JUNCTION BY 650 PM EDT LAT...LON 2741 8090 2750 8072 2782 8087 2771 8111 $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Osceola | 41 min |
| Oct 23, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.