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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2008, 12:46 PM EDT for Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2008, 1:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 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 19, 7:05 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMLB 191646
TORMLB
FLC061-111-191715-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0019.080819T1646Z-080819T1715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1246 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VERO BEACH SOUTH...
NORTH CENTRAL ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDRIO...
* UNTIL 115 PM EDT
* AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKEWOOD
PARK...OR ABOUT NEAR INDRIO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VERO BEACH SOUTH BY 1255 PM 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 2750 8031 2740 8048 2764 8068 2775 8051
2753 8034 2752 8034 2752 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 147DEG 26KT 2753 8045
$$
JP1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 191716
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
116 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
FLC061-111-191725-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-080819T1715Z/
ST. LUCIE FL-INDIAN RIVER FL-
115 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER AND NORTH
CENTRAL ST. LUCIE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADIC CELL
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...OTHER CELLS OFFSHORE THE TREASURE COAST
CONTINUE TO SHOW ROTATION...AND SQUALLS CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...EVEN IF THEY DONT BECOME TORNADIC.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2750 8031 2740 8048 2764 8068 2775 8051
2753 8034 2752 8034 2752 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 1715Z 147DEG 26KT 2771 8058
$$
CRISTALDIThe 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, 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, 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.