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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 16, 2005Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2005, 4:02 PM EST for Volusia 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: Mar 16, 2005, 4:02 PM EST (21:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2005, 4:47 PM EST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 16, 2:10 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 414 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.5
Supercell composite: 11.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 162102
TORMLB
FLC127-162145-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0007.050316T2102Z-050316T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
402 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...MAYTOWN

* UNTIL 445 PM EST

* AT 359 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION NEAR MAYTOWN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  OAK HILL BY 415 PM EST
  APOLLO BEACH...ELDORA AND BETHUNE BEACH BY 420 PM EST

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.

THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW

LAT...LON 2882 8108 2873 8103 2885 8070 2902 8083

$$

KELLY

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 162116
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
415 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

FLC127-162145-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050316T2145Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
415 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 411 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS APPROACHING OAK HILL...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  APOLLO BEACH BY 420 PM EST

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.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 2884 8096 2879 8091 2885 8070 2902 8083

$$

KELLY

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 162126
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
425 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

FLC127-162145-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050316T2145Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
425 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 420 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO CROSSING I 95 AT 415 
PM.  THIS TORNADO IS CURRENTLY LOCATED NEAR APOLLO BEACH....MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY 
OF BECOMING TORNADIC ARE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA 
COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2884 8096 2879 8091 2885 8070 2902 8083

$$

KELLY

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 162147
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

FLC127-162155-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050316T2145Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
445 PM EST WED MAR 16 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 445
PM EST...

AT 445 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
TORNADOES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 5 PM FOR SOUTHEAST 
VOLUSIA COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 
WINDS WILL MOVE SOUTH OF OAK HILL AND INTO THE ATLANTIC. A SPECIAL 
MARINE WARNING ALSO CONTINUES UNTIL 5 PM FOR MOSQUITO LAGOON AND THE 
ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

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

LAT...LON 2884 8096 2879 8091 2885 8070 2902 8083

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 16, 3:28 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		62 min
Mar 16, 4:03 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		57 min
Mar 16, 4:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Volusia	35 min
Mar 16, 4:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	26 min
Mar 16, 4:55 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr

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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.