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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 4:10 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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
- Feb 2, 2007, 4:10 AM EST (09:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2007, 4:37 AM EST
- In force
- 27 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 09:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 020914 TORMLB FLC127-020945- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0005.070202T0910Z-070202T0945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 413 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...PORT ORANGE...SOUTH DAYTONA...PONCE INLET...DAYTONA BEACH... * UNTIL 445 AM EST * AT 412 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT ORANGE...OR ABOUT NEAR LAKE HELEN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE COAST BETWEEN DAYTONA BEACH AND PONCE INLET. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY 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 2906 8128 2900 8127 2897 8082 2925 8096 $$ 52
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 020920 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 420 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC127-020945- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070202T0945Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 420 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EST FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 420 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR SPRUCE CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH DAYTONA...PORT ORANGE...ALLANDALE...DAYTONA BEACH SHORES...WILBUR BY THE SEA...PONCE INLET AND NEW SMYRNA BEACH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2906 8128 2900 8127 2897 8082 2925 8096 $$ 52
000 WWUS52 KMLB 020931 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 430 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC127-020945- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070202T0945Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 430 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EST FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 430 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNDO NEAR THE COAST AROUND PONCE INLET AND WILBUR BY THE SEA MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 50 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE IN DELAND AS THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVED THROUGH. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2906 8128 2900 8127 2897 8082 2925 8096 $$ 52
000 WWUS52 KMLB 020932 CCA SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 430 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC127-020945- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070202T0945Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 430 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM EST FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 430 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR THE COAST AROUND PONCE INLET AND WILBUR BY THE SEA MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 50 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DAMAGE IN DELAND AS THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVED THROUGH. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2906 8128 2900 8127 2897 8082 2925 8096 $$ 52
000 WWUS52 KMLB 020937 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 438 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC127-020945- /O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070202T0945Z/ VOLUSIA FL- 438 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD PUSHED OFFSHORE AND EXITED THE WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. LAT...LON 2906 8128 2900 8127 2897 8082 2925 8096 $$ 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, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 26 min |
| Feb 2, 3:50 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.