Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 3 reports 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
- Sep 10, 2008, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 6:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 W West Lake Toho, FL | THE PUBLIC SIGHTED A TORNADIC WATERSPOUT FROM THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE TOHO FOR TWO MINUTES. IT LIFTED BEFORE REACHING SHORE. |
| Sep 10, 6:23 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 E Intercession City, FL | |
| Sep 10, 6:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | Campbell, FL | CHANNEL 13 RELAYED REPORT OF A LARGE OAK TREE DOWN ON MANGO STREET IN CAMPBELL. RESIDENTS OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 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 102145
TORMLB
FLC097-102245-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0026.080910T2145Z-080910T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
545 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CELEBRATION...CAMPBELL...WEST LAKE
TOHO...SAINT CLOUD...KISSIMMEE...INTERCESSION CITY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF POINCIANA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST LAKE TOHO...
MOVING NORTH AT 21 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
POINCIANA BY 600 PM EDT...
WEST LAKE TOHO BY 610 PM EDT...
CAMPBELL BY 620 PM EDT...
KISSIMMEE AND INTERCESSION CITY BY 625 PM EDT...
CELEBRATION BY 640 PM EDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE
TORNADO IS NEARBY.
LAT...LON 2834 8130 2806 8120 2803 8136 2804 8136
2806 8135 2807 8135 2808 8142 2834 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 153DEG 19KT 2809 8134
$$
KELLY1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KMLB 102215 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 615 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 FLC097-102245- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-080910T2245Z/ OSCEOLA FL- 612 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 610 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST LAKE TOHO...MOVING NORTH AT 18 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CAMPBELL AND OSCEOLA ASTROS COMPLEX BY 630 PM EDT... KISSIMMEE...INTERCESSION CITY BY 635 PM EDT... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ONCE IT COLLAPSES. LAT...LON 2834 8130 2814 8131 2813 8144 2834 8159 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 152DEG 15KT 2820 8140 $$ KELLY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 24 min |
| Sep 10, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 45 min |
| Sep 10, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 62 min |
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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.