Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 2:24 PM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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 12, 2008, 2:24 PM EST (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12, 2:37 PM EST | HAIL 0.88 | 3 N Cocoa Beach, FL | COCOA BEACH PD IN FIELD REPORTS SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF HAIL |
| Feb 12, 2:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Cocoa Beach, FL | POSSILBE TORNADO AT 3100 NORTH A1A AT DIPLOMAT CONDOS. ROOF COLLAPSE. REPORT FROM BREVARD FIRE RESCUE. |
| Feb 12, 2:45 PM EST | TORNADO | Cocoa Beach, FL | CREWS DETERMINED OCCURRENCE OF EF0 -ZERO- AT DIPLOMAT CONDOS IN COCOA BEACH ON FEB 12TH. DEBRIS FROM THE DIPLOMAT DAMAGED ADJACENT WIND RUSH CONDOS. ESTIMATED WINDS 70 TO 80 MPH. LOCATION 3100 NORTH HWY A1A IN COCOA BEACH. |
| Feb 12, 3:05 PM EST | TORNADO | Cape Canaveral, FL | CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION KXMR REPORTED SIGHTING FUNNEL CLOUD WHICH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE SKID STRIP AND MOVED NORTH TOWARDS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. |
| Feb 12, 3:06 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 55 | Cape Canaveral, FL | CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION REPORTED PEAK WIND GUST OF 48 KNOTS / 55 MPH AT 1506 EST FROM 230 DEGREES. |
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 14 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 121926
TORMLB
FLC009-122000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0001.080212T1924Z-080212T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
224 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE...MERRITT
ISLAND...PORT CANAVERAL...CAPE CANAVERAL...PLAYALINDA
BEACH...PATRICK AIRFORCE BASE...HAULOVER CANAL...COCOA BEACH...
* UNTIL 300 PM EST
* AT 218 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PATRICK
AIRFORCE BASE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CAPE CANAVERAL BY 235 PM EST...
JETTY PARK AND PORT CANAVERAL BY 240 PM EST...
9 MILES EAST OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 300 PM EST...
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. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
STATE ROAD 520 AND U.S. 1 OVER THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
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 2880 8065 2875 8064 2861 8053 2852 8049
2843 8049 2837 8056 2822 8058 2823 8076
2882 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 192DEG 18KT 2833 8058
$$
BRAGAW2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 121935
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
235 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
FLC009-122000-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080212T2000Z/
BREVARD FL-
235 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY...
AT 234 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PATRICK AIRFORCE
BASE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
COCOA BEACH BY 240 PM EST...
CAPE CANAVERAL BY 250 PM EST...
PORT CANAVERAL AND JETTY PARK BY 255 PM EST...
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 300 PM EST...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 2880 8065 2875 8064 2861 8053 2852 8049
2843 8049 2837 8056 2822 8058 2823 8076
2882 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 192DEG 18KT 2832 8060
$$
BRAGAW000
WWUS52 KMLB 121948
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
246 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
FLC009-122000-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080212T2000Z/
BREVARD FL-
246 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY...
AT 244 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN COCOA BEACH AND CAPE CANAVERAL...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
BREVARD COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE HAS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
SOUTH OF COCOA BEACH...AND NICKEL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN COCOA
BEACH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 300 PM EST...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 2880 8065 2875 8064 2861 8053 2852 8049
2843 8049 2837 8056 2822 8058 2823 8076
2882 8075
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 192DEG 18KT 2837 8059
$$
BRAGAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 53 min | |
| Feb 12, 2:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 32 min |
| Feb 12, 3:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 55 min | |
| Feb 12, 4:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 53 min |
| Feb 12, 4:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 59 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.