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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 24, 2005Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2005, 2:45 AM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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, 2:45 AM EDT (06:45 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2005, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 23, 9:25 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC14 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 2005-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2790 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 00:00Z on 2005-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 240646
TORMLB
FLC097-240730-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0028.051024T0645Z-051024T0730Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CELEBRATION...WEST LAKE TOHO...SAINT
  CLOUD...NARCOOSSEE...KISSIMMEE...INTERCESSION CITY...HOLOPAW...EAST
  LAKE TOHO

* UNTIL 330 AM EDT

* AT 239 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION NEAR HOLOPAW...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HARMONY BY 250 AM EDT
  NARCOOSSEE BY 315 AM EDT
  SAINT CLOUD AND EAST LAKE TOHO BY 320 AM EDT
  WEST LAKE TOHO...KISSIMMEE BY 330 AM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
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. IF NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE
TORNADO IS NEARBY.

LAT...LON 2821 8103 2818 8103 2809 8110 2809 8117
      2818 8134 2818 8141 2823 8154 2832 8161
      2833 8120

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240711
SVSMLB

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

FLC097-240730-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-051024T0730Z/
OSCEOLA FL-
308 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...

AT 300 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SAINT CLOUD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   
KISSIMMEE  BY 320 AM EDT
   

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
STURDY SHELTER.  

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 2821 8103 2818 8103 2809 8110 2809 8117
      2818 8134 2818 8141 2823 8154 2832 8161
      2833 8120

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 23, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard48 min
Oct 23, 8:57 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard48 min
Oct 23, 9:41 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard49 min
Oct 23, 10:49 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake56 min
Oct 23, 11:42 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake63 min
Oct 24, 1:26 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange49 min
Oct 24, 3:50 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola40 min
Oct 24, 4:26 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard34 min
Oct 24, 5:18 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Osceola42 min
Oct 24, 6:01 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Osceola44 min
Oct 24, 6:55 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard65 min
Oct 24, 7:40 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Indian River50 min
Oct 24, 7:52 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola38 min
Oct 24, 10:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Osceola4 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.