Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 6:07 AM EST for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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, 6:07 AM EST (11:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2007, 6:36 AM EST
- In force
- 29 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), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 021108 TORMLB FLC009-127-021145- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0010.070202T1107Z-070202T1145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 607 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSMOOR...MIMS...HAULOVER CANAL... SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MAYTOWN... * UNTIL 645 AM EST * AT 606 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAYTOWN...OR ABOUT NEAR GENEVA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SCOTTSMOOR AND MAYTOWN BY 615 AM EST... MIMS BY 620 AM EST... HAULOVER CANAL BY 625 AM EST... ANOTHER STORM NEAR FARMTON WILL MOVE ACROSS HIGHWAY 1 NEAR OAK HILL. THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ACT NOW AS SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES IT IS VERY RISKY TO REMAIN IN A MOBILE HOME DURING A TORNADO. MOBILE HOMES OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST TORNADO WINDS EVEN IF THEY ARE TIED DOWN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO AND ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...ABANDON IT FOR SAFE SHELTER. QUICKLY MOVE TO THE NEAREST STURDY BUILDING AND GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. IF NO SAFE SHELTER IS CLOSE BY...GET INTO AN UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT WHILE PROTECTING YOUR HEAD FROM FLYING DEBRIS. LIE FLAT AND REMAIN LOW TO THE GROUND. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN. TORNADOES ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WHICH ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW LAT...LON 2877 8115 2859 8111 2866 8048 2889 8052 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 021123 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 623 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC009-127-021145- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070202T1145Z/ VOLUSIA FL-BREVARD FL- 623 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EST FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD AND SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES... AT 621 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM WITH SIGNIFCANT ROTATION AND THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. NEAR AURANTIA AND SCOTTSMOOR...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HAULOVER CANAL BY 630 AM EST... DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2877 8115 2859 8111 2866 8048 2889 8052 $$ CRISTALDI
000 WWUS52 KMLB 021136 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 636 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC009-127-021144- /O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070202T1145Z/ VOLUSIA FL-BREVARD FL- 636 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD AND SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC... THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2877 8115 2859 8111 2866 8048 2889 8052 $$ CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 39 min |
| 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, 6:20 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.