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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2006, 11:57 AM EST for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. 5 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
- Dec 25, 2006, 11:57 AM EST (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2006, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lake County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 12:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Center Hill, FL | MINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE |
| Dec 25, 12:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Webster, FL | NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN. CARPORT DESTROYED. ONE MOBILE HOME ROOF DAMAGED. |
| Dec 25, 12:05 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Webster, FL | TREES DOWN IN THE TARRYTOWN AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 471 AND STATE ROAD 50. |
| Dec 25, 12:20 PM EST | TORNADO | 2 E Leesburg, FL | NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMS F0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN BRITTANY ESTATES 2 MILES EAST OF LEESBURG. WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 MPH. |
| Dec 25, 12:20 PM EST | TORNADO | Leesburg, FL | POSSIBLE TORNADO LEESBURG AREA. MANY REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. STATE WARNING POINT REPORT OF ROOF AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES IN THE LEESBURG AREA NEAR SR-441 AND MARK DRIVE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 10:08 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 872 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 251658 TORMLB FLC069-251745- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0012.061225T1657Z-061225T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1157 AM EST MON DEC 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TAVARES...MASCOTTE...LISBON... LEESBURG...LAKE HARRIS...LAKE GRIFFIN...HOWEY IN THE HILLS... EUSTIS...EMERALDA * UNTIL 1245 PM EST * AT 1156 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF MASCOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEESBURG...LAKE HARRIS AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOWEY IN THE HILLS BY 1215 PM EST LAKE GRIFFIN AND FRUITLAND PARK BY 1220 PM EST LISBON...MID FLORIDA LAKES...BASSVILLE PARK AND EMERALDA BY 1225 PM EST 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EUSTIS BY 1230 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 2856 8215 2847 8198 2908 8149 2921 8173 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 251712 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1211 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006 FLC069-251745- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061225T1745Z/ LAKE FL- 1211 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY... AT 1210 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OKAHUMPKA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEESBURG...LAKE HARRIS AND FRUITLAND PARK BY 1220 PM EST LAKE GRIFFIN...SILVER LAKE...MID FLORIDA LAKES AND BASSVILLE PARK BY 1225 PM EST LISBON...LAKE YALE AND EMERALDA BY 1230 PM EST HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2856 8215 2847 8198 2883 8161 2896 8185 $$
000 WWUS52 KMLB 251726 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1224 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006 FLC069-251745- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-061225T1745Z/ LAKE FL- 1224 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY... AT 1222 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO MOVING THROUGH LAKE COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HAWTHORNE...OR ABOUT NEAR LAKE HARRIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SILVER LAKE...LAKE GRIFFIN AND TAVARES BY 1230 PM EST LISBON...MID FLORIDA LAKES...BASSVILLE PARK AND LAKE EUSTIS BY 1235 PM EST LAKE YALE...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMERALDA AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT DORA BY 1240 PM EST HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2874 8202 2863 8186 2883 8158 2898 8183 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 12:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 51 min |
| Dec 25, 1:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 51 min |
| Dec 25, 1:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 min | |
| Dec 25, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Volusia | 66 min |
| Dec 25, 2:12 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 25, 2:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 33 min |
| Dec 25, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 38 min |
| Dec 25, 3:49 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 71 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.