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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2008, 6:28 AM EDT for Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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, 6:28 AM EDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2008, 6:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 191028
TORMLB
FLC111-191115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0014.080819T1028Z-080819T1115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
628 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 715 AM EDT
* AT 626 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL ST. LUCIE
COUNTY...ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF WHITE CITY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 33
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PASS OVER STATE ROAD 70 NORTH OF ST. LUCIE COUNTY AROUND 645 AM EDT
THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION ACT NOW...SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NECESSARY...GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME OR RV FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GET INTO AN
UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS AND
ARMS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY.
LAT...LON 2732 8047 2736 8067 2739 8067 2739 8068
2756 8068 2756 8067 2756 8047 2738 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 1025Z 123DEG 28KT 2738 8049
$$
BRAGAW1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 191048
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
648 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
FLC111-191058-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080819T1115Z/
ST. LUCIE FL-
648 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED THE WARNING AREA...
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2732 8047 2736 8067 2739 8067 2739 8068
2756 8068 2756 8067 2756 8047 2738 8041
TIME...MOT...LOC 1048Z 123DEG 28KT 2748 8066
$$
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, 2:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 33 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 | 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.