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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 13, 2006Lake County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2006, 3:41 AM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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, 3:41 AM EDT (07:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2006, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lake County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2006-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2006-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 130741
TORMLB
FLC069-130830-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0003.060613T0741Z-060613T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
341 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PAISLEY...CASSIA

* UNTIL 430 AM EDT

* AT 337 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SIGNIFICANT ROTATION NEAR CASSIA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PAISLEY BY 350 AM EDT

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 2885 8165 2880 8145 2897 8139 2911 8158

$$
 DD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 130832
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
431 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

FLC069-130841-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060613T0830Z/
LAKE FL-
431 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LAKE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430 AM
EDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING 
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE 
FOR ROTATING STORMS ESPECIALLY ORLANDO NORTHWARD.

LAT...LON 2885 8165 2880 8145 2897 8139 2911 8158

$$

KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 3:01 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange29 min
Jun 13, 5:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange28 min
Jun 13, 6:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Jun 13, 6:28 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia32 min
Jun 13, 8:18 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB87 min
Jun 13, 10:06 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia8 hr
Jun 13, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB88 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.