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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 2007, 5:41 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
- Sep 21, 2007, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2007, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 1276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 952 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 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 212141 TORMLB FLC009-212215- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0023.070921T2141Z-070921T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 541 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 536 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIMS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BUCK LAKE NOW RURAL NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY AT 620 PM EDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 2879 8090 2862 8087 2859 8097 2878 8097 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 231DEG 0KT 2867 8095 $$ MRV
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 212156 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 555 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007 FLC009-212215- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070921T2215Z/ BREVARD FL- 555 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY... AT 555 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MIMS...OR NEAR BUCK LAKE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 2879 8090 2862 8087 2859 8097 2878 8097 TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 231DEG 0KT 2867 8095 $$ VOLKMER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 23 min |
| Sep 20, 10:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 33 min |
| Sep 20, 10:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 42 min |
| Sep 20, 11:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 66 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.