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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 24, 2006Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 4:10 PM EDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 W Mims, FLFUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM HIGHWAY 46 AND I-95
Jul 24, 4:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGScottsmoor, FLTREE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 432 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB115 min
Jul 24, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange49 min
Jul 24, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB84 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.