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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 2, 2007Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 12:16 PM EST for Indian River County, Saint Lucie 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, 12:16 PM EST (17:16 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2007, 12:45 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Indian River County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 2007-02-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 723 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 12:00Z on 2007-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 451 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 021720
TORMLB
FLC061-111-021745-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0012.070202T1716Z-070202T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1219 PM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERO BEACH SOUTH...

  NORTHERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDRIO...LAKEWOOD PARK...QUEENS COVE...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EST

* AT 1219 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF VERO BEACH SOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VERO BEACH SOUTH...LAKEWOOD PARK BY 1230 PM EST...
  INDRIO...QUEENS COVE BY 1240 PM 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.

LAT...LON 2760 8068 2743 8063 2753 8011 2774 8018

$$


CRISTALDI
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 021744
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1244 PM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

FLC061-111-021753-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-070202T1745Z/
ST. LUCIE FL-INDIAN RIVER FL-
1244 PM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIAN RIVER AND NORTHERN SAINT 
LUCIE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1245 PM EST...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED WAS EXITING INTO THE ATLANTIC
ALONG THE INDIAN RIVER AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTY BORDER. THUS...THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 2760 8068 2743 8063 2753 8011 2774 8018

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 12:36 AM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia39 min
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, 12:26 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.