Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2008, 9:52 AM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 19, 2008, 9:52 AM EDT (13:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2008, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 10:11 AM EDT | TORNADO | Stuart, FL | TORNADO WITH WIRES DOWNED AND CAR OVERTURNED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MONROE ST AND US1/FEDERAL HWY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 19, 7:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 16.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMLB 191352
TORMLB
FLC085-191415-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0018.080819T1352Z-080819T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
952 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STUART...JENSEN BEACH...HOBE SOUND...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT
* AT 951 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF JOHNATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK...OR ABOUT NEAR
JUPITER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JUPITER ISLAND BY 1000 AM EDT...
HOBE SOUND BEACH...HOBE SOUND WILDLIFE REFUGE AND HOBE SOUND BY
1005 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
THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW
LAT...LON 2719 8027 2720 8026 2723 8029 2724 8022
2726 8019 2719 8015 2717 8016 2718 8018
2716 8019 2715 8015 2701 8008 2697 8008
2697 8014 2696 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 157DEG 31KT 2698 8008
$$
JP2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 191405
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1005 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
FLC085-191415-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080819T1415Z/
MARTIN FL-
1004 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
MARTIN COUNTY...
AT 1004 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOBE SOUND BEACH
...MOVING NORTH AT 36 MPH.
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER
UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2719 8027 2720 8026 2723 8029 2724 8022
2726 8019 2719 8015 2717 8016 2718 8018
2716 8019 2715 8015 2701 8008 2697 8008
2697 8014 2696 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 157DEG 31KT 2708 8013
$$
JP000
WWUS52 KMLB 191413
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1013 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
FLC085-191423-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-080819T1415Z/
MARTIN FL-
1013 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1015
AM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2719 8027 2720 8026 2723 8029 2724 8022
2726 8019 2719 8015 2717 8016 2718 8018
2716 8019 2715 8015 2701 8008 2697 8008
2697 8014 2696 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 157DEG 31KT 2715 8016
$$
JPThe 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 | 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.