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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 10:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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 $$ 28
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 272028 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 327 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 FLC097-272045- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050227T2045Z/ OSCEOLA FL- 327 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 321 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED EAST OF ROUTE 4 41 BETWEEN KENANSVILLE AND DEER PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE OVER... RURAL EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY THROUGH 335 PM EST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2788 8117 2781 8114 2787 8086 2806 8088 $$ 28
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 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 32 min |
| Feb 27, 3:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 91 min | |
| Feb 27, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 23 min |
| Feb 27, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 13 min |
| Feb 27, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 6:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 66 min | |
| Feb 27, 6:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 33 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.