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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 13, 2006Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2006, 6:28 AM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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, 6:28 AM EDT (10:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2006, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 131028
TORMLB
FLC009-127-131100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.060613T1028Z-060613T1100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSMOOR
  SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT

* AT 624 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  SCOTTSMOOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  OAK HILL BY 635 AM EDT
  BETHUNE BEACH BY 645 AM EDT

TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE OFTEN WRAPPED IN
HEAVY RAIN AND ARE HARD TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. DO
NOT GET CAUGHT OFFGUARD

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR
CLOSET AND 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. HEAD
TO THE NEAREST STURDY BUILDING. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE
TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 2871 8102 2862 8086 2920 8050 2931 8076

$$

KELLY
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 131056
SVSMLB

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

FLC009-127-131102-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-060613T1100Z/
VOLUSIA FL-BREVARD FL-
655 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHERN BREVARD AND SOUTHEASTERN 
VOLUSIA COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 AM EDT...

AT 652 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO HAD MOVED OFFSHORE VOLUSIA COUNTY 
INTO THE ATLANTIC...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM FOR THE INTRACOASTAL 
AND ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT.

LAT...LON 2871 8102 2862 8086 2920 8050 2931 8076

$$

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, 3:41 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake49 min
Jun 13, 5:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange28 min
Jun 13, 6:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
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.