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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 30, 2006Osceola County, Florida

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 742 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 9:47 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB43 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.