Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2006, 3:01 AM EDT for Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2006, 3:01 AM EDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2006, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 130701 TORMLB FLC095-130730- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.060613T0701Z-060613T0730Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 301 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZELLWOOD...WINTER GARDEN... WINDERMERE...PINE HILLS...OCOEE...LOCKHART...LAKE APOPKA...FOREST CITY...APOPKA * UNTIL 330 AM EDT * AT 300 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION NEAR WINTER GARDEN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ORLOVISTA. 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. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN. TORNADOES ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WHICH ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 2853 8175 2840 8160 2864 8137 2880 8165 $$ 52
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 130715 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 315 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 FLC095-130730- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060613T0730Z/ ORANGE FL- 315 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY... AT 314 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WINTER GARDEN...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. OTHER CELLS IN WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY ALSO INDICATED ROTATION AND COULD BECOME TORNADIC. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLARCONA...LOCKHART...CROWN POINT...PLYMOUTH...FOREST CITY... APOPKA...ZELLWOOD AND TANGERINE. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...INCLUDING ORANGE COUNTY. LAT...LON 2853 8175 2840 8160 2864 8137 2880 8165 $$ 52
000 WWUS52 KMLB 130734 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 331 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 FLC095-130741- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060613T0730Z/ ORANGE FL- 331 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 330 AM EDT... AT 331 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...AND RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE WEATHER SINCE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS TO BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 2853 8175 2840 8160 2864 8137 2880 8165 $$ 52
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:41 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 5:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 28 min |
| Jun 13, 6:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 13, 6:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 87 min | |
| Jun 13, 10:06 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:32 PM EDT | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.