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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 2006, 6:09 PM EST for Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 7, 2006, 6:09 PM EST (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2006, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 6:10 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Sw Oviedo, FL | *** 3 INJ *** F1 TORNADO BEGINNING JUST WEST OF REGAL LANE AND EXTENDING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WEST END OF ROBIN LEE ROAD AND RUSTIC PINE TRAIL...CROSSING THE 417 AND CAMP ROAD BEFORE ENDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MIKLER ROAD AND 426. ISOLATED MINOR WIND DAMA |
| Nov 7, 6:10 PM EST | TORNADO | Goldenrod, FL | REPORT FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9 OF CARS BLOWN AROUND NEAR 417 AND ALOMA AVE. |
| Nov 7, 6:20 PM EST | TORNADO | Oviedo, FL | *** 2 INJ *** FLORIDA STATE WARNING POINT RELAYED REPORT FROM SEMINOLE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO FIVE HOMES IN THE ALOMA WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD IN OVIEDO. A COMMAND POST HAS BEEN SET UP ON THE SCENE, SOME INJURIES BEING TREATED / SEVERITY UN |
| Nov 7, 6:25 PM EST | TORNADO | Oviedo, FL | NEWS CHANNEL 13 REPORTED STRONG WINDS AND BLOWN TRANSFORMERS AT RED BUG LAKE RD. AND 417 IN OVIEDO. |
| Nov 7, 6:30 PM EST | TORNADO | Oviedo, FL | PUBLIC REPORT OF DEBRIS IN THE AIR AND LOUD ROAR OF WIND NEAR ALAFAYA TRAIL AND MITCHELL HAMMOCK IN OVIEDO. |
| Nov 7, 6:31 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 W Oviedo, FL | SEMINOLE COUNTY FIRE DISPATCH REPORTED SEVERAL ROOFS DAMAGED / REMOVED NEAR 417/426. DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE ALONG A TRACK, POSSIBLY FROM A TORNADO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 072308 TORMLB FLC117-080000- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0010.061107T2309Z-061108T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 609 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER SPRINGS...OVIEDO...LONGWOOD... LAKE JESSUP...CASSELBERRY...GOLDENROD * UNTIL 700 PM EST * AT 607 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR GOLDENROD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... OVIEDO AND LAKE JESSUP BY 615 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. LAT...LON 2869 8139 2858 8132 2861 8105 2875 8120 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 072326 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 624 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006 FLC117-080000- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-061108T0000Z/ SEMINOLE FL- 624 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY... AT 621 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OVIEDO...MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE INTO SOUTH VOLUSIA COUNTY AROUND LAKE HARNEY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2869 8139 2858 8132 2861 8105 2875 8120 $$
000 WWUS52 KMLB 072351 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 651 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006 FLC117-080001- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-061108T0000Z/ SEMINOLE FL- 651 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SEMINOLE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM EST... LAT...LON 2869 8139 2858 8132 2861 8105 2875 8120 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 5:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 24 min |
| Nov 7, 6:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 38 min |
| Nov 7, 6:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.