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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Melbourne, FL

December 25, 2006Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2006, 1:24 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min. 9 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, 1:24 PM EST (18:24 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2006, 2:15 PM EST
In force: 51 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), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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
Dec 25, 1:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	De Land, FL	SEVERAL LARGE PINE TREES DOWN ESTIMATED 60 FEET TALL WITH 24 INCH BASES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WITH DAMAGED CAR PORTS. REPORT FROM KD4LOL.
Dec 25, 1:30 PM EST	TORNADO	3 N De Land, FL	* 7 INJ * INTIAL STORM SURVEY TEAM REPORTS F2 TORNADO STRUCK NORTH SIDE OF DELAND NEAR HIGHWAY 17 AND 11 INTERSECTION YESTERDAY. WIND ESTIMATES ARE IN THE 120 TO 150 MPH RANGE. DAMAGE IS SEVERE IN SOME PLACES WITH TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF MANUFACTURED HOMES. A
Dec 25, 1:30 PM EST	TORNADO	De Land, FL	* 1 INJ * SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROSEWOOD FERNWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK 1 SERIOUS INJURY
Dec 25, 1:35 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	De Land, FL	POSSIBLE TORNADO. PRELIMINARY REPORT OF DAMAGE AT STATE ROAD 17/92 AND HWY 11.
Dec 25, 1:41 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Daytona Beach, FL	PRELIMINARY REPORT OF OVER-TURNED SMALL AIRCRAFT AT EMBRY RIDDLE COLLEGE NEAR NOVA ROAD.
Dec 25, 1:41 PM EST	TORNADO	Daytona Beach, FL	NWS MELBOURNE SURVEY TEAM INDICATE AN F2 TORNADO AROUND 120 MPH IN THE EMBRY/RIDDLE AREA.
Dec 25, 1:45 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 0	Daytona Beach, FL	LARGE TREES DOWN NEAR DAYTONA BEACH POLICE STATION NEAR NOVA AND RANGE ROADS. TREES 24 INCH IN DIAMETER. REPORT FROM KD4LOL.
Dec 25, 1:45 PM EST	TORNADO	Daytona Beach, FL	* 6 INJ * UPDATE...F2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF FLIGHT LINE AT EMBRY RIDDLE UNIVERSITY AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST ON GROUND FOR 2.7 MILES CROSSING NOVA ROAD AT SUTTON PLACE APARTMENTS AND ENDING AT BEACH STREET JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 92. TORNADO WAS AP
Dec 25, 1:55 PM EST	TORNADO	Daytona Beach, FL	NWS MELBOURNE SURVEY TEAM INDICATE AN F2 AROUND 120 MPH AT THE SUTTON APARTMENTS.

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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 251825
TORMLB
FLC127-251915-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0014.061225T1824Z-061225T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
125 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT ORANGE...SOUTH DAYTONA...PONCE 
INLET...ORMOND BEACH...HOLLY HILL...EDGEWATER...DAYTONA BEACH.

* UNTIL 215 PM EST

* AT 125 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY...OR ABOUT NEAR LAKE
  HELEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE IN DELAND...AND THE SAME 
STORM SYSTEM DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES IN LAKE COUNTY NEAR LESSBURG.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY...SOUTH DAYTONA AND PORT ORANGE BY 135
  PM EST
  DAYTONA BEACH...HOLLY HILL...ORMOND BEACH AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  WILBUR BY THE SEA BY 140 PM EST

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. PEOPLE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
DO NOT WAIT FOR THE TORNADO TO DEVELOP BEFORE ACTING...YOU MAY NOT
SEE OR HEAR ITS APPROACH. DO NOT GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD

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.

LAT...LON 2907 8134 2894 8119 2896 8061 2972 8093

$$


CRISTALDI

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 251854
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
154 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

FLC127-251915-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-061225T1915Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
154 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST FOR EASTERN
VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 154 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A LINE OF POTENTIALLY TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS LOCATED   
FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORMOND BEACH TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
SOUTH DAYTONA TO FARMTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WHILE THE STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE OFFSHORE NORTH OF PORT ORANGE
...AREAS FROM PORT ORANGE SOUTH TO OAK HILL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL 
TO SEE TORNADO TOUCH DOWNS. IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES...THESE STORMS 
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 2907 8134 2894 8119 2873 8112 2927 8069
      2972 8093

$$


CRISTALDI

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 251915
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
215 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

FLC127-251925-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-061225T1915Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
215 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 215 PM EST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2883 8076 2878 8100 2863 8100 2883 8110
      2886 8134 2898 8134 2919 8151 2922 8161
      2934 8165 2940 8144 2925 8141 2925 8117
      2943 8110

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 11:57 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake	48 min
Dec 25, 12:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake, 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

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.