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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2008, 2:15 AM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 19, 2008, 2:15 AM EDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2008, 2:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:44 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1454 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMLB 190615
TORMLB
FLC085-190700-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0011.080819T0615Z-080819T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
215 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PORT MAYACA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 211 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT
MAYACA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PORT MAYACA BY 225 AM EDT...
TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE OFTEN WRAPPED IN
HEAVY RAIN AND ARE HARD TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. DO
NOT GET CAUGHT OFFGUARD
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.
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 2714 8068 2721 8068 2721 8052 2696 8046
2695 8048 2695 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 0614Z 154DEG 16KT 2695 8053
$$
BRAGAW1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 190648
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
248 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
FLC085-190658-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080819T0700Z/
MARTIN FL-
248 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SQUALL LINE
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED THE WARNING
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2714 8068 2721 8068 2721 8052 2696 8046
2695 8048 2695 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 0648Z 154DEG 16KT 2709 8060
$$
BRAGAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 1:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 3:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 5:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 6:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 20 min |
| Aug 19, 6:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 6:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 8:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Martin | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 14 min |
| Aug 19, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 23 min |
| Aug 19, 10:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 114 min |
| Aug 19, 12:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 1:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 2:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 4:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard | 3 hr |
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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.