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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 6:55 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 S Edgewater, FL | FLAGLER 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 5:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 24 min |
| Nov 7, 6:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 51 min |
| Nov 7, 6:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.