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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 23, 2005Lake County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2005, 11:42 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 63 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, 11:42 PM EDT (03:42 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2005, 12:45 AM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lake County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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
Oct 23, 9:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	14 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 240345
TORMLB
FLC069-240445-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0026.051024T0342Z-051024T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1142 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TAVARES...HOWEY IN THE HILLS...
  GROVELAND...FERNDALE...EUSTIS

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER  
CLERMONT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FERNDALE BY MIDNIGHT EDT
  LITTLE LAKE HARRIS AND HOWEY IN THE HILLS BY 1230 AM EDT
  6 MILES SOUTH OF TAVARES BY 1245 AM 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.

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.

LAT...LON 2854 8191 2847 8176 2848 8166 2886 8166
      2886 8177

$$

BRAGAW/SEDLOCK

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240408
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1206 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

FLC069-240445-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-051024T0445Z/
LAKE FL-
1206 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
LAKE COUNTY...

AT 1203 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE 
CIRCULATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR FERNDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTVERDE BY 1215 AM EDT
  FERNDALE BY 1220 AM EDT
  ASTATULA BY 1230 AM EDT
  HOWEY IN THE HILLS BY 1235 AM EDT
  LITTLE LAKE HARRIS...8 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE DORA AND 9 MILES SOUTH
  OF TAVARES BY 1245 AM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2854 8191 2847 8176 2848 8166 2886 8166
      2886 8177

$$

SEDLOCK

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240444
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1244 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

FLC069-240451-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-051024T0445Z/
LAKE FL-
1244 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 1245 AM EDT...

AT 1244 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAD WEAKENED AND NO 
LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE 
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR 
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...AS HEAVY RAIN WILL 
STILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2854 8191 2847 8176 2848 8166 2886 8166
      2886 8177

$$

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, 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 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.