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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 10:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 30 min |
| Feb 27, 3:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 32 min |
| Feb 27, 3:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 91 min | |
| Feb 27, 4:07 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 23 min |
| Feb 27, 5:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 13 min |
| Feb 27, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 31 min |
| Feb 27, 6:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 66 min | |
| Feb 27, 6:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 33 min |
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.