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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 3:49 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. 5 reports 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
- Feb 2, 2007, 3:49 AM EST (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2007, 4:15 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:50 AM EST | TORNADO | 9 E Paisley, FL | *** 3 FATAL *** AT FOREST DRIVE AND STATE ROAD 44 IN LAKE COUNTY. SURVEY REPORTS HIGH END EF3 DAMAGE WITH WINDS 150 TO 154 MPH. |
| Feb 2, 3:55 AM EST | TORNADO | 2 E Hontoon Island Stat, FL | VOLUSIA COUNTY/LAKE COUNTY LINE. HONTOON ISLAND. HIGH END EF3 DAMAGE WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS OF 150 TO 154 MPH. |
| Feb 2, 4:00 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne De Land, FL | POSSIBLE TORNADO. PRELIMINARY REPORT. INTERSTATE 4 AT STATE ROAD 44 CLOSED BOTH LANES DUE TO MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT INCLUDING LARGE TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS OVER TURNED. |
| Feb 2, 4:00 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | New Smyrna Beach, FL | REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AT NSB AIRPORT. |
| Feb 2, 4:02 AM EST | TORNADO | De Land, FL | HIGH END ENHANCED-F2 TORNADO ...EF2... REPORTED BY NWS MELBOURNE SURVEY CREW. ESTIMATED WINDS OF 130 TO 135 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 586 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 020852 TORMLB FLC127-020915- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.070202T0849Z-070202T0915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 352 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...DELAND...DELEON SPRINGS... LAKE HELEN...DAYTONA BEACH...PONCE INLET * UNTIL 415 AM EST * AT 350 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DE LEON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT NEAR PAISLEY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY AND WILBUR BY THE SEA. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET AND 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. HEAD TO THE NEAREST STURDY BUILDING. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE. TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN. LAT...LON 2910 8153 2892 8150 2905 8035 2931 8040 $$ 52
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 020902 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 401 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC127-020915- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070202T0915Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 401 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 401 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DE LAND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CASSADAGA....LAKE HELEN....TIGER BAY STATE FOREST...WILBUR BY THE SEA...SPRUCE CREEK...PORT ORANGE...SOUTH DAYTONA...PONCE INLET...DAYTONA BEACH SHORES...DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING COIN SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2910 8153 2892 8150 2905 8035 2931 8040 $$ 52
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, 3:50 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, 12:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.