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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2005, 6:49 PM EDT for Indian River County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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 23, 2005, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2005, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Indian River County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 232250 TORMLB FLC061-097-232330- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0020.051023T2249Z-051023T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 649 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME WESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YEEHAW JUNCTION... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 649 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE...3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YEEHAW JUNCTION...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE CROSS STATE ROAD 60 AND PASS NEAR THE OSCEOLA AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LINE NEAR YEEHAW JUNCTION THROUGH 715 PM... THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ACT NOW...SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NECESSARY...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME OR RV FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GET INTO AN UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS AND ARMS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY. LAT...LON 2755 8094 2756 8074 2786 8072 2785 8098 $$ CRISTALDI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 232312 RRA SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 708 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 FLC061-097-232330- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-051023T2330Z/ OSCEOLA FL-INDIAN RIVER FL- 708 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR WESTERN INDIAN RIVER AND SOUTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES... AT 704 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR YEEHAW JUNCTION... MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. AT 705 PM EDT...IN EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 60...JUST EAST OF YEEHAW JUNCTION AND NORTH OF FORT DRUM. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BLUE CYPRESS LAKE. LAT...LON 2755 8094 2756 8074 2786 8072 2785 8098 $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 6:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.