Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2007, 7:29 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 12 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
- Jul 24, 2007, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2007, 7:41 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lake County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMLB 242330
TORMLB
FLC069-250000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0018.070724T2329Z-070725T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
729 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FERNDALE...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 728 PM EDT...A LAKE COUNTY SHIERRIF REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
FERNDALE. THE CELLS WAS DRIFTING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MONTVERDE AND KILLARNEY BY 740 PM EDT...
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. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE
TORNADO IS NEARBY.
LAT...LON 2856 8168 2856 8178 2871 8178 2874 8175
2874 8168
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 242341
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
738 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007
FLC069-242348-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070725T0000Z/
LAKE FL-
738 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 738 PM...THE SHERIFFS DEPUTY TRACKING THE CELL THAT HAD PRODUCED
MULITPLE FUNNEL CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS NEAR FERNDALE AND OVER LAKE
APOPKA REPORTED THAT ANY TORNADIC ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE CELL
HAD DISSIPATED.
RADAR SHOWS A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS OUT OVER LAKE APOPKA MOVING
NORTHEAST TOWARD THE PLYMOUTH AND APOPKA AREA. PLEASE REPORT ANY
SIGHTNINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCY
OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 2856 8168 2856 8178 2871 8178 2874 8175
2874 8168
$$
CRISTALDIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 55 min | |
| Jul 24, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 min | |
| Jul 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr |
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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.