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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 7, 2006Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 2006, 6:37 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 6:37 PM EST (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 2006, 7:15 PM EST
In force
38 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), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 7, 6:55 PM ESTFUNNEL CLOUD2 S Edgewater, FLFLAGLER COUNTY EM RELAYED REPORT FROM CITIZEN IN VOLUSIA COUNTY OF A FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING 2 MILES SOUTH OF EDGEWATER.

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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2006-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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 2006-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 072337
TORMLB
FLC127-080015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0011.061107T2337Z-061108T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
637 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PONCE INLET...OSTEEN...OAK HILL...NEW
  SMYRNA BEACH...MAYTOWN...EDGEWATER

* UNTIL 715 PM EST

* AT 634 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OSTEEN...OR
  ABOUT NEAR GENEVA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  EDGEWATER AND OAK HILL BY 655 PM EST
  BETHUNE BEACH...ELDORA...APOLLO BEACH AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW
  SMYRNA BEACH BY 700 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 2883 8125 2870 8102 2888 8078 2911 8094

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 080001
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
658 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

FLC127-080015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-061108T0015Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
658 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST...

...THE TORNDADO WARNING FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 655 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS STORM 
WAS CENTERED ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGEWATER...MOVING 
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW SMYRNA BEACH...EDGEWATER...AND BETHUNE BEACH BY 705 PM EST
  PONCE INLET...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURTLE MOUND BY 710 PM EST

LAT...LON 2883 8125 2870 8102 2888 8078 2911 8094

$$
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 080016
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
715 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

FLC127-080025-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-061108T0015Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
715 PM EST TUE NOV 7 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY HAS 
EXPIRED...

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AND 
INTRACOASTAL WATERS FROM DAYTONA BEACH TO MOSQUITO LAGOON FOR 
POTENTIAL WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS UNTIL 845 PM...


LAT...LON 2883 8125 2870 8102 2888 8078 2911 8094

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 7, 5:36 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBOrange24 min
Nov 7, 6:09 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBSeminole51 min
Nov 7, 6:40 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB88 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.