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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2008, 1:35 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- Nov 30, 2008, 1:35 PM EST (18:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2008, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 9:51 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 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 301835
TORMLB
FLC127-301900-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0031.081130T1835Z-081130T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
135 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...EDGEWATER...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 130 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
OAK HILL...OR NEAR MAYTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BETHUNE BEACH AND ELDORA BY 140 PM EST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT 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 OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 2903 8089 2888 8079 2888 8081 2892 8083
2898 8087 2898 8089 2889 8084 2887 8084
2884 8097 2889 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 218DEG 44KT 2892 8090
$$
SEDLOCK1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 301858
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
158 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008
FLC127-301907-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-081130T1900Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
157 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
200 PM EST...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED EAST OF THE WARNING AREA INTO
THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...THUS THE WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OFF OF THE VOLUSIA AND
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY COASTS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
500 PM EST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2903 8089 2888 8079 2888 8081 2892 8083
2898 8087 2898 8089 2889 8084 2887 8084
2884 8097 2889 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 218DEG 44KT 2913 8071
$$
SEDLOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 3:40 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| Nov 30, 12:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 12:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 39 min |
| Nov 30, 1:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 82 min | |
| Nov 30, 1:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 2:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 42 min | |
| Nov 30, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 55 min |
| Nov 30, 2:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 112 min | |
| Nov 30, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 3:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 56 min |
| Nov 30, 4:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 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.