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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 2, 2007Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 12:36 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
Feb 2, 2007, 12:36 AM EST (05:36 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2007, 1:15 AM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2007-02-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 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 00:00Z on 2007-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
586 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 020536
TORMLB
FLC127-020615-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0001.070202T0536Z-070202T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1236 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PIERSON...ORMOND BEACH...HOLLY
  HILL...DAYTONA BEACH...BARBERVILLE...

* UNTIL 115 AM EST

* AT 1235 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE
  GEORGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF PIERSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BARBERVILLE BY 1245 AM EST...
  ORMOND BEACH...HOLLY HILL AND 6 MILES NORTH OF DAYTONA BEACH BY 110
  AM EST...


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.

LAT...LON 2929 8169 2911 8165 2923 8055 2950 8061

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 020544
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1243 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

FLC127-020615-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070202T0615Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
1243 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 1243 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEVILLE...OR ABOUT
5 MILES WEST OF PIERSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PIERSON AND SEVILLE BY 1250 AM EST...
  TOMOKA STATE PARK AND TOMOKA ESTATES BY 110 AM EST...
  6 MILES NORTH OF ORMOND BEACH AND 8 MILES NORTH OF HOLLY HILL BY
  115 AM EST...

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.

LAT...LON 2929 8169 2911 8165 2923 8055 2950 8061

$$
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 020603
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
100 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

FLC127-020615-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070202T0615Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
100 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 1256 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF TOMOKA 
STATE PARK OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ORMOND BEACH. THE 
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. 

ANOTHER DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS APPROACHING LAKE GEORGE FROM THE 
SOUTHWEST.

THE FIRST TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TOMOKA STATE PARK AND TOMOKA ESTATES BY 110 AM EST...
  7 MILES NORTH OF ORMOND BEACH BY 115 AM EST...

THE SECOND TORNADO WILL MOVE TOWARD...
  LAKE GEORGE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2929 8169 2911 8165 2923 8055 2950 8061

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 1:11 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB64 min
Feb 2, 1:12 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia48 min
Feb 2, 3:04 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake56 min
Feb 2, 3:49 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia26 min
Feb 2, 3:50 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB115 min
Feb 2, 4:10 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia27 min
Feb 2, 4:46 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake29 min
Feb 2, 5:15 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake, Orange45 min
Feb 2, 5:18 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia42 min
Feb 2, 5:40 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBSeminole35 min
Feb 2, 6:07 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia29 min
Feb 2, 6:20 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB85 min
Feb 2, 7:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB97 min
Feb 2, 9:30 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Indian River45 min
Feb 2, 9:52 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB53 min
Feb 2, 12:16 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie29 min
Feb 2, 12:26 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB64 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.