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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 23, 2005Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2005, 8:12 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2005, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 58 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2790 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 240013
TORMLB
FLC009-240100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0022.051024T0012Z-051024T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP BY 830 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

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF
ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD
RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

LAT...LON 2792 8087 2792 8075 2819 8074 2819 8086

$$

SEDLOCK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240022
SVSMLB

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

FLC009-240100-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051024T0100Z/
BREVARD FL-
820 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...TORNADO LIKELY TO CROSS HIGHWAY 192 NEAR OR JUST WEST OF CAMP 
HOLLY FISH CAMP...

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR BREVARD 
COUNTY...

AT 820 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP BY 830 PM EDT

PERSONS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 192 ARE ADVISED TO AVOID WESTERN BREVARD 
COUNTY...BETWEEN CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP AND THE OSCEOLA COUNTY LINE 
UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH. THE STORM WILL LIKELY CROSS THE 
HIGHWAY AROUND 840 PM.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY 
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A 
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE 
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER 
YOUR HEAD.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 2792 8087 2792 8075 2819 8074 2819 8086

$$

CRISTALDI

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240043
SVSMLB

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

FLC009-240100-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-051024T0100Z/
BREVARD FL-
840 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...TORNADIC STORM CROSSING HIGHWAY 192...

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 836 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADIC SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 4 MILES WEST OF CAMP HOLLY FISH 
CAMP...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL CONTINUE NORTH ACROSS RURAL WESTERN BREVARD 
COUNTY BETWEEN INTERSTATE 95 AND THE OSCEOLA COUNTY LINE.

THIS IS A LONG LIVED STORM THAT HAS BEEN TRACKED SINCE 600 PM SINCE 
IT EMERGED FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE. IT HAS A HISTORY OF STRONG ROTATION 
AND TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. IT CONTINUES TO SHOW TEXTBOOK SIGNS OF A 
TORNADIC STORM.

PERSONS IN VIERA WEST WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS 
STORM AS THE TORNADO WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED PAST 900 PM IF THIS 
STORM CONTINUES TO HOLD TOGETHER.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 2792 8087 2792 8075 2819 8074 2819 8086

$$

CRISTALDI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 8:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	48 min
Oct 23, 9:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	49 min
Oct 23, 10:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake	56 min
Oct 23, 11:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake	63 min
Oct 24, 1:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	49 min
Oct 24, 2:45 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Osceola	45 min
Oct 24, 3:50 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Osceola	40 min
Oct 24, 4:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	34 min
Oct 24, 5:18 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	42 min
Oct 24, 6:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	44 min
Oct 24, 6:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	65 min
Oct 24, 7:40 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River	50 min
Oct 24, 7:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Osceola	38 min
Oct 24, 10:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	4 hr

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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.