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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2005, 6:01 AM EDT for Orange County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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, 6:01 AM EDT (10:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2005, 6:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 241003 TORMLB FLC095-097-241045- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0032.051024T1001Z-051024T1045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 601 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 645 AM EDT * AT 601 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE MARY JANE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HOLOPAW...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NARCOOSSEE BY 610 AM EDT LAKE MARY JANE BY 630 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. 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. TORNADOES ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WHICH ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 2813 8110 2821 8095 2849 8110 2841 8132 $$ RW
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 241027 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 627 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 FLC095-097-241045- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-051024T1045Z/ OSCEOLA FL-ORANGE FL- 627 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE AND NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTIES... AT 622 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE MARY JANE... OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NARCOOSSEE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LAKE MARY JANE BY 635 AM EDT IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2813 8110 2821 8095 2849 8110 2841 8132 $$ RW
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, 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, 6:55 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.