Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2006, 3:28 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 30, 2006, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2006, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 301929
TORMLB
FLC097-302015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0007.060830T1928Z-060830T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
328 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOLOPAW
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A HEAVY SHOWER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES EAST OF
HOLOPAW...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...
MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
HOLOPAW AND 7 MILES EAST OF HARMONY BY 415 PM 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.
THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW
LAT...LON 2830 8107 2830 8093 2827 8090 2809 8090
2809 8124 2815 8120 2833 8120 2833 8110
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 301934
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
333 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006
FLC097-302015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060830T2015Z/
OSCEOLA FL-
333 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...
AT 332 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SHOWER WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH
OF DEER PARK...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
5 MILES NORTH OF HOLOPAW BY 350 PM
HARMONY BY 400 PM EDT
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 2830 8107 2830 8093 2827 8090 2809 8090
2809 8124 2815 8120 2833 8120 2833 8110
$$000
WWUS52 KMLB 302010
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
410 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006
FLC097-302017-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060830T2015Z/
OSCEOLA FL-
410 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415
PM EDT...
AT 410 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ROTATION EMBEDDED WITHIN
THE RAINBAND CELL WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED
SEVERAL MINUTES AGO...AND CONTINUES TO REMAIN WEAK AND BROAD. THE
WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 415 PM.
THIS CELL PRODUCED TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER THE DESERET RANCH IN
EASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY AROUND 335 PM.
LAT...LON 2830 8107 2830 8093 2827 8090 2809 8090
2809 8124 2815 8120 2833 8120 2833 8110
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.