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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2008, 3:23 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2008, 3:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Osceola County, FL
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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 191923
TORMLB
FLC097-192015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0023.080819T1923Z-080819T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
323 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE MARIAN...LAKE KISSIMMEE...
KENANSVILLE...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
KENANSVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE MARIAN BY 335 PM EDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE KISSIMMEE BY 405 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
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.
THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW
LAT...LON 2793 8133 2796 8088 2788 8087 2778 8088
2772 8116 2777 8118 2779 8120 2782 8122
2784 8124 2784 8127 2785 8129 2792 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 081DEG 21KT 2786 8097
$$
WEITLICH1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 191957
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
357 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
FLC097-192006-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080819T2015Z/
OSCEOLA FL-
356 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM AND
TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...SQUALLS WITH STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OSCEOLA COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2793 8133 2796 8088 2788 8087 2778 8088
2772 8116 2777 8118 2779 8120 2782 8122
2784 8124 2784 8127 2785 8129 2792 8134
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 081DEG 21KT 2783 8118
$$
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, 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, 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.