Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 9:30 AM EST for Brevard County, Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2007, 9:30 AM EST (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2007, 10:15 AM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 9:40 AM EST | TORNADO | 2 S Grant, FL | PUBLIC VISUAL REPORT OF TORNADO ON GROUND VIEWED FROM US HWY 1. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 723 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 491 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 021430 TORMLB FLC009-061-021515- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0011.070202T1430Z-070202T1515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 930 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRANT...BAREFOOT BAY NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROSELAND...FELLSMERE...BLUE CYPRESS LAKE * UNTIL 1015 AM EST * AT 925 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF BLUE CYPRESS LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FELLSMERE BY 945 AM EST MICCO...BAREFOOT BAY...ROSELAND AND SEBASTIAN INLET RECREATION BY 955 AM EST 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 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. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL 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 2784 8097 2767 8090 2785 8011 2809 8019 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 021445 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 943 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC009-061-021515- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070202T1515Z/ INDIAN RIVER FL-BREVARD FL- 943 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND SOUTH OF GRANT AT 940 AM... ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD AND NORTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES... AT 940 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SMALL TORNADIC LINE OF STORMS WITH EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS BETWEEN GRANT AND BAREFOOT BAY...APPROACHING FLORIDANA BEACH. ANOTHER WAS ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF FELLSMERE. THESE CELLS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA NEED TO TAKE SHELTER NOW LAT...LON 2784 8097 2767 8090 2785 8011 2809 8019 $$ CRISTALDI
000 WWUS52 KMLB 021501 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 959 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC009-061-021515- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070202T1515Z/ INDIAN RIVER FL-BREVARD FL- 959 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EST FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD AND NORTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES... AT 958 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO ALONG I-95 NEAR FELLSMERE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE BREVARD AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LINE AND MOVE OFFSHORE NEAR ROSELAND AND SEBASTIAN INLET. RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW 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. LAT...LON 2784 8097 2767 8090 2785 8011 2809 8019 $$
000 WWUS52 KMLB 021514 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1014 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC009-061-021524- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070202T1515Z/ INDIAN RIVER FL-BREVARD FL- 1014 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD AND NORTHWESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1015 AM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS EXITING THE WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 2784 8097 2767 8090 2785 8011 2809 8019 $$ 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, 6:07 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, 9:52 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.