Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2005, 8:57 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, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2005, 9:45 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), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 240059 TORMLB FLC009-240145- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0023.051024T0057Z-051024T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 857 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 CITIES OF...SHARPES...PORT SAINT JOHN...COCOA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 853 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTH OF COCOA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... COCOA BY 925 PM EDT CANAVERAL GROVES AND CANAVERAL ACRES BY 930 PM EDT SHARPES BY 935 PM EDT PORT SAINT JOHN BY 940 PM EDT PERSONS IN VIERA WEST WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS STORM AS THE TORNADIC STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH. 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 2814 8086 2814 8075 2851 8075 2850 8087 $$ SEDLOCK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 240109 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 906 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 FLC009-240145- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-051024T0145Z/ BREVARD FL- 906 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ...TORNADIC STORM MOVING TOWARD VIERA WEST...INTERSTATE 95...AND ROCKLEDGE... ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY... AT 905 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPACE COAST STADIUM...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ROCKLEDGE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE CROSS INTERSTATE 95 JUST SOUTHWEST OF ROCKLEDGE AND MOVE NEAR... ROCKLEDGE BY 925 PM EDT COCOA BY 930 PM EDT SHARPES...CANAVERAL GROVES AND CANAVERAL ACRES BY 940 PM EDT DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 2814 8086 2814 8075 2851 8075 2850 8087 $$ CRISTALDI
000 WWUS52 KMLB 240126 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 924 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 FLC009-240145- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-051024T0145Z/ BREVARD FL- 924 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005 ...TORNADIC STORM MOVING TOWARD VIERA WEST...INTERSTATE 95...AND ROCKLEDGE... ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY... AT 919 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COCOA...OR ABOUT NEAR ROCKLEDGE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE CROSS INTERSTATE 95 JUST NORTHWEST OF ROCKLEDGE... OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CANAVERAL ACRES...CANAVERAL GROVES...SHARPES...BELLWOOD AND PORT SAINT JOHN. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2814 8086 2814 8075 2851 8075 2850 8087 $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 8:12 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.