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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 23, 2005Brevard County, Indian River County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2005, 7:29 PM EDT for Brevard County, Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Oct 23, 2005, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2005-10-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2171 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 232329
TORMLB
FLC009-061-240015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0021.051023T2329Z-051024T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
729 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  NORTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BLUE CYPRESS LAKE

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLUE
  CYPRESS LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY AT 740 PM EDT
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AT 740 PM EDT
  RURAL SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AT 750 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.

LAT...LON 2803 8066 2800 8069 2791 8069 2788 8073
      2776 8073 2773 8076 2773 8086 2806 8086

$$

SEDLOCK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 232355
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
754 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

FLC061-240004-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051024T0015Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-
754 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

RADAR SHOWS THE TORNADIC STORM HAS MOVED NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST 
BREVARD COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2803 8066 2800 8069 2791 8069 2788 8073
      2785 8072 2783 8083 2782 8087 2806 8086

$$

FLC009-240015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-051024T0015Z/
BREVARD FL-
754 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 752 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHWESTERN
BREVARD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF KENANSVILLE...MOVING NORTH
AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY AT 810 PM EDT

LAT...LON 2803 8066 2800 8069 2791 8069 2788 8073
      2785 8072 2783 8083 2782 8087 2806 8086

$$

SEDLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 6:19 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOkeechobee, Osceola41 min
Oct 23, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBIndian River, Osceola41 min

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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.