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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 27, 2005, 5:44 PM EST for Indian River 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, 5:44 PM EST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2005, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 272246 TORMLB FLC061-272315- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0005.050227T2244Z-050227T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 544 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER BEACH...WABASSO... SEBASTIAN...ROSELAND...FELLSMERE...BLUE CYPRESS LAKE * UNTIL 615 PM EST * AT 540 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLUE CYPRESS LAKE...OR ABOUT NEAR YEEHAW JUNCTION...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BLUE CYPRESS LAKE BY 550 PM EST FELLSMERE AND VERO LAKE ESTATES BY 605 PM EST SEBASTIAN...SEBASTIAN INLET...WABASSO AND ROSELAND BY 610 PM EST THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION TAKE COVER NOW 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. IT IS VERY RISKY TO REMAIN IN A MOBILE HOME DURING A TORNADO. MOBILE HOMES OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST TORNADO WINDS EVEN IF THEY ARE TIED DOWN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO AND ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...ABANDON IT FOR SAFE SHELTER. QUICKLY MOVE TO THE NEAREST STURDY BUILDING AND GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. IF NO SAFE SHELTER IS CLOSE BY...GET INTO AN UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT WHILE PROTECTING YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS. LIE FLAT AND REMAIN LOW TO THE GROUND. IF YOU ARE IN AN RV PARK...LEAVE YOUR RV FOR STURDY SHELTER. MANY PARKS HAVE CENTRALIZED BUILDINGS SUCH AS REC CENTERS...POOL HOUSES... COMMUNITY SHOWERS AND BATHS...OR A MAIN OFFICE WHICH CAN OFFER BETTER PROTECTION. WHILE MOVING TO SAFER SHELTER...QUICKLY INFORM YOUR NEIGHBOR BY KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR. LAT...LON 2773 8104 2756 8097 2772 8033 2788 8045 $$ KELLY
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 272257 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 555 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 FLC061-272315- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050227T2315Z/ INDIAN RIVER FL- 555 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY... AT 550 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLUE CYPRESS LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FELLSMERE BY 605 PM EST VERO LAKE ESTATES...WABASSO AND 6 MILES WEST OF WINTER BEACH BY 610 PM EST THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM TAKE COVER NOW IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 2773 8104 2756 8097 2772 8033 2788 8045 $$ 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, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 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.