Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2007, 5:12 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 13, 2007, 5:12 PM EDT (21:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 132113 TORMLB FLC097-132200- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0015.070613T2112Z-070613T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 512 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES ...LAKE MARIAN...LAKE KISSIMMEE... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST WEST OF LAKE MARIAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY TO THE WEST OF AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MARIAN AND MAY IMPACT STATE ROUTE 60 ACROSS SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTY. 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. 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 2798 8111 2793 8134 2765 8112 2768 8091 $$ 15
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 132124 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 522 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 FLC097-132200- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070613T2200Z/ OSCEOLA FL- 522 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF THE WESTERN END OF LAKE MARIAN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF YOU LIVE SOUTH OF LAKE MARIAN TO STATE ROUTE 60 ACROSS SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE COVER. TAKE COVER NOW THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2798 8111 2793 8134 2765 8112 2768 8091 $$ VOLKMER
000 WWUS52 KMLB 132138 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 534 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 FLC097-132200- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070613T2200Z/ OSCEOLA FL- 534 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 534 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE MARIAN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF YEEHAW JUNCTION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM MAY ALSO CONTAIN LARGE HAIL. IF YOU LIVE SOUTH OF LAKE MARIAN TO STATE ROUTE 60 ACROSS SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE COVER. TAKE COVER NOW THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2798 8111 2793 8134 2765 8112 2768 8091 $$ VOLKMER
000 WWUS52 KMLB 132145 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 544 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 FLC097-132200- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070613T2200Z/ OSCEOLA FL- 544 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR STATE ROUTE 60 ACROSS SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. IF YOU LIVE SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 60 ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE COVER. TAKE COVER NOW THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2798 8111 2793 8134 2765 8112 2768 8091 $$ VOLKMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 13, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 33 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.