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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2006, 4:01 PM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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
- Jul 24, 2006, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2006, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 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), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:10 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 W Mims, FL | FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM HIGHWAY 46 AND I-95 |
| Jul 24, 4:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Scottsmoor, FL | TREE DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 1 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 242001 TORMLB FLC009-127-242045- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0005.060724T2001Z-060724T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 401 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TITUSVILLE...SCOTTSMOOR...MIMS... HAULOVER CANAL SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...MAYTOWN * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 357 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SCOTTSMOOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... KLONDIKE BEACH BY 410 PM EDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...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. LAT...LON 2899 8086 2867 8107 2854 8083 2880 8063 $$ 67
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 242019 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 417 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 FLC009-127-242045- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060724T2045Z/ VOLUSIA FL-BREVARD FL- 417 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD AND SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES... AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AURANTIA...OR ABOUT NEAR SCOTTSMOOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAULOVER CANAL BY 425 PM EDT LAGRANGE BY 430 PM EDT KLONDIKE BEACH BY 435 PM EDT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TITUSVILLE BY 440 PM EDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2899 8086 2867 8107 2854 8083 2880 8063 $$ 67
000 WWUS52 KMLB 242047 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 446 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 FLC009-127-242056- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060724T2045Z/ VOLUSIA FL-BREVARD FL- 446 PM EDT MON JUL 24 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD AND SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES EXPIRED T 445 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE ROTATION IN THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE STORM CELL AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. LAT...LON 2899 8086 2867 8107 2854 8083 2880 8063 $$ 67
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 min | |
| Jul 24, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min |
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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.