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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
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
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.
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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.
- 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 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.
| 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, 9:30 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 45 min |
| Feb 2, 9:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 53 min | |
| Feb 2, 12:26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.