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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 27, 2005Okeechobee County, Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2005, 5:29 PM EST for Okeechobee County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
Feb 27, 2005, 5:29 PM EST (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2005, 6:00 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Okeechobee County, FL, Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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
Feb 27, 10:40 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 12:00Z on 2005-02-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 272230
TORMLB
FLC093-097-272300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.050227T2229Z-050227T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
529 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA   
  SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA   
   THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF YEEHAW JUNCTION

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 526 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  YEEHAW JUNCTION...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BASINGER...MOVING 
  EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  YEEHAW JUNCTION BY 545 PM EST

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.

IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO PASS IT ALONG TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. OR YOU MAY CALL THE MELBOURNE WEATHER OFFICE DIRECTLY AT
THIS NUMBER 1 800 683 4468. YOUR TIMELY REPORT COULD SAVE SOMEONES
LIFE

LAT...LON 2767 8123 2750 8118 2759 8078 2777 8086

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 272240
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
538 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

FLC093-097-272300-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050227T2300Z/
OKEECHOBEE FL-OSCEOLA FL-
538 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN OSCEOLA 
AND NORTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES...

AT 535 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF YEEHAW JUNCTION...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  YEEHAW JUNCTION BY 545 PM EST

TAKE COVER NOW

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.

LAT...LON 2767 8123 2750 8118 2759 8078 2777 8086

$$

KELLY
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 272252
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
550 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

FLC093-097-272300-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050227T2300Z/
OKEECHOBEE FL-OSCEOLA FL-
550 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OSCEOLA AND NORTHERN OKEECHOBEE 
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 550 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE  
TORNADO HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA AND MOVED INTO WESTERN INDIAN 
RIVER COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO 
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM.

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

LAT...LON 2767 8123 2750 8118 2759 8078 2777 8086

$$

KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 27, 3:15 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBOsceola30 min
Feb 27, 3:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard32 min
Feb 27, 3:59 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB91 min
Feb 27, 4:07 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard23 min
Feb 27, 5:05 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard13 min
Feb 27, 5:44 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBIndian River31 min
Feb 27, 6:09 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 min
Feb 27, 6:12 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBIndian River33 min

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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.