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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 24, 2005Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2005, 1:26 AM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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 24, 2005, 1:26 AM EDT (05:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2005, 2:15 AM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:28 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 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 240532
TORMLB
FLC095-240615-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0027.051024T0526Z-051024T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
131 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA 
  
  THIS INCLUDES THE AREAS OF...CHRISTMAS...BITHLO

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 130 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STATE ROAD 
520 SOUTH OF THE BEE LINE IN EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...MOVING 
NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO...MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE BEE LINE 
AND TOWARD CHRISTMAS AND BITHLO IN EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY.

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.

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 2827 8102 2828 8084 2860 8093 2860 8118

$$

GLITTO

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240554
SVSMLB

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

FLC095-240615-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-051024T0615Z/
ORANGE FL-
152 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR EASTERN 
ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR STATE ROAD 520 
APPROACHING THE BEE LINE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
CHRISTMAS AND BITHLO.

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.

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

LAT...LON 2833 8102 2834 8087 2860 8093 2860 8118

$$

GLITTO

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240556 CCA
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
152 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

FLC095-240615-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-051024T0615Z/
ORANGE FL-
155 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR EASTERN 
ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 152 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS APPROACHING STATE ROAD 50 
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
CHRISTMAS AND BITHLO.

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.

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

LAT...LON 2833 8102 2834 8087 2860 8093 2860 8118

$$

GLITTO

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240616
SVSMLB

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

FLC095-240625-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-051024T0615Z/
ORANGE FL-
215 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 215
AM EDT...

AT 215 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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 2833 8102 2834 8087 2860 8093 2860 8118

$$

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 23, 11:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake	63 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

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.