Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2008, 3:06 AM EDT for Okeechobee County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2008, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okeechobee County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 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
- 590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 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 190706
TORMLB
FLC093-190745-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0012.080819T0706Z-080819T0745Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
306 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE...
* UNTIL 345 AM EDT
* AT 302 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OKEE
TANTIE STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OKEECHOBEE...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 19 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OKEE TANTIE RECREATION AREA AND OKEE TANTIE STATE PARK BY
325 AM EDT...
FOUR SEASONS ESTATES BY 330 AM EDT...
OKEECHOBEE BY 335 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 2716 8088 2718 8090 2735 8105 2736 8104
2739 8108 2740 8081 2715 8068 2714 8070
2718 8075 2720 8080 2718 8084 2714 8086
2714 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0704Z 143DEG 16KT 2710 8076
$$
BRAGAW1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 190745
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
345 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
FLC093-190755-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080819T0745Z/
OKEECHOBEE FL-
345 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2716 8088 2718 8090 2735 8105 2736 8104
2739 8108 2740 8081 2715 8068 2714 8070
2718 8075 2720 8080 2718 8084 2714 8086
2714 8088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 143DEG 16KT 2711 8077
$$
52The 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, 2:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 33 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.