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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 27, 2005Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2005, 3:15 PM EST for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
Feb 27, 2005, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2005, 3:45 PM EST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 27, 10:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 272015
TORMLB
FLC097-272045-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.050227T2015Z-050227T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
315 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KENANSVILLE

* UNTIL 345 PM EST

* AT 306 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION 8 MILES WEST OF
  KENANSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KENANSVILLE BY 320 PM EST

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 2788 8117 2781 8114 2787 8086 2806 8088

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 272028
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
327 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

FLC097-272045-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050227T2045Z/
OSCEOLA FL-
327 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL
OSCEOLA COUNTY...

AT 321 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED EAST OF ROUTE 4 41 BETWEEN KENANSVILLE 
AND DEER PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE OVER...
  RURAL EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY THROUGH 335 PM EST

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2788 8117 2781 8114 2787 8086 2806 8088

$$

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000 
WWUS52 KMLB 272045
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
345 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

FLC097-272055-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050227T2045Z/
OSCEOLA FL-
345 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 345
PM EST...

AT 345 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 2788 8117 2781 8114 2787 8086 2806 8088

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 3:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard32 min
Feb 27, 3:59 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB91 min
Feb 27, 4:07 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard23 min
Feb 27, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard13 min
Feb 27, 5:29 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBOkeechobee, Osceola31 min
Feb 27, 5:44 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBIndian River31 min
Feb 27, 6:09 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 min
Feb 27, 6:12 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBIndian River33 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.