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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL

December 25, 2006Lake County, Florida

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Dec 25, 12:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGCenter Hill, FLMINOR TO MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE
Dec 25, 12:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGWebster, FLNUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN. CARPORT DESTROYED. ONE MOBILE HOME ROOF DAMAGED.
Dec 25, 12:05 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG3 S Webster, FLTREES DOWN IN THE TARRYTOWN AREA NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 471 AND STATE ROAD 50.
Dec 25, 12:20 PM ESTTORNADO2 E Leesburg, FLNWS 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 ESTTORNADOLeesburg, FLPOSSIBLE 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 25, 10:08 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 872 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 12:39 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake, Volusia51 min
Dec 25, 1:24 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia51 min
Dec 25, 1:44 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB61 min
Dec 25, 2:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Volusia66 min
Dec 25, 2:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Dec 25, 2:27 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard33 min
Dec 25, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard38 min
Dec 25, 3:49 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB71 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.