Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 1:11 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 min | |
| Feb 2, 1:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 48 min |
| Feb 2, 3:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 56 min |
| Feb 2, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 26 min |
| Feb 2, 3:50 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 min | |
| Feb 2, 4:10 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 27 min |
| Feb 2, 4:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 5:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 45 min |
| Feb 2, 5:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 42 min |
| Feb 2, 5:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 35 min |
| Feb 2, 6:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 6:20 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 85 min | |
| Feb 2, 7:38 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 97 min | |
| Feb 2, 9:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 45 min |
| Feb 2, 9:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 53 min | |
| Feb 2, 12:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 29 min |
| Feb 2, 12:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 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.