Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2007, 9:13 AM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2007, 9:13 AM EDT (13:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2007, 9:38 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 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), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 9:28 AM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 Ese Palm Bay, FL | STORM SPOTTER OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD 5-10 MILES ESE OF INTERSECTION OF MINTON RD. AND AMERICANA BLVD. IN PALM BAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 834 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1181 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMLB 291314
TORMLB
FLC009-291345-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0024.070929T1313Z-070929T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
913 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALM BAY...MALABAR...GRANT...BAREFOOT
BAY...
* UNTIL 945 AM EDT
* AT 913 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MALABAR...
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MALABAR AND BAREFOOT BAY BY 920 AM EDT...
PALM BAY BY 930 AM EDT...
WHENEVER A WATERSPOUT MOVES ONSHORE IT SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE A
TORNADO. ALTHOUGH TYPICALLY WEAKER AND SHORTER LIVED...A LANDFALLING
WATERSPOUT CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND SERIOUS INJURY...OR IN
EXTREME SITUATIONS EVEN DEATH.
WATERSPOUTS WHICH STRIKE CAUSEWAYS CAN CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING...
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DO NOT CROSS
CAUSEWAYS WHEN WATERSPOUTS ARE VERY NEAR. WAIT UNTIL THE WATERSPOUT
MOVES A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY. DO NOT BLOCK TRAFFIC OR STOP ON A
CAUSEWAY.
BOATERS ON THE INTRACOASTAL OR NEARSHORE WATERS IN THIS VICINITY
SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT. WHEN A WATERSPOUT IS SIGHTED...MOVE AWAY FROM
IT AT RIGHT ANGLES. BE SURE THAT EVERYONE ON YOUR BOAT IS WEARING A
LIFE JACKET.
LAT...LON 2800 8043 2797 8044 2796 8043 2793 8043
2783 8057 2794 8071 2810 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1313Z 051DEG 16KT 2797 8054
$$
JP2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 291322
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
920 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2007
FLC009-291345-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070929T1345Z/
BREVARD FL-
920 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY...
AT 918 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT MOVING
ASHORE SOUTH OF SPESSARD HOLLAND PARK IN MELBOURNE BEACH. THIS
TORNADO WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH...POSSIBLY CROSSING
THE INDIAN RIVER SOUTH OF PALM BAY NEAR MALABAR.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR AND SOUTH OF...
PALM BAY BY 925 AM EDT...
LAT...LON 2800 8043 2797 8044 2796 8043 2793 8043
2783 8057 2794 8071 2810 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1320Z 051DEG 16KT 2795 8057
$$000
WWUS52 KMLB 291338
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
938 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2007
FLC009-291348-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-070929T1345Z/
BREVARD FL-
938 AM EDT SAT SEP 29 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM AND
TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE AS THE CELL MOVES
THROUGH RURAL SOUTH BREVARD COUNTY WEST OF MICCO.
LAT...LON 2800 8043 2797 8044 2796 8043 2793 8043
2783 8057 2794 8071 2810 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 051DEG 16KT 2790 8064
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 3:43 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:41 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 4 days |
| Sep 29, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 14 min | |
| Sep 29, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.