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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 30, 2008Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2008, 1:49 PM EST for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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, 1:49 PM EST (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2008, 2:20 PM EST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 30, 9:51 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Nov 30, 1:05 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 48 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 70 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 301849
TORMLB
FLC009-127-301930-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0032.081130T1849Z-081130T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
149 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSMOOR...HAULOVER CANAL...
  SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...MAYTOWN...

* UNTIL 230 PM EST

* AT 148 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST 
OF SCOTTSMOOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SCOTTSMOOR BY 150 PM...
  HAULOVER CANAL AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OAK HILL BY 155 PM EST...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF APOLLO BEACH AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELDORA
  BY 200 PM EST...

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.

LAT...LON 2874 8069 2875 8073 2887 8079 2887 8080
      2885 8081 2886 8082 2872 8073 2871 8075
      2879 8084 2868 8083 2861 8097 2875 8106
      2878 8106 2890 8084 2887 8083 2886 8083
      2891 8082 2892 8081
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 240DEG 48KT 2874 8092

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMLB 301920
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
220 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008

FLC009-127-301928-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-081130T1930Z/
VOLUSIA FL-BREVARD FL-
218 PM EST SUN NOV 30 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD AND SOUTHEASTERN
VOLUSIA COUNTIES 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 IN THE WARNING AREA ACROSS EXTREME 
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BE 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 3 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST SUNDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. 

LAT...LON 2874 8069 2875 8073 2887 8079 2887 8080
      2885 8081 2886 8082 2872 8073 2871 8075
      2879 8084 2868 8083 2861 8097 2875 8106
      2878 8106 2890 8084 2887 8083 2886 8083
      2891 8082 2892 8081
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 240DEG 48KT 2894 8052

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 30, 3:40 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia14 hr
Nov 30, 12:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie27 min
Nov 30, 12:54 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Seminole39 min
Nov 30, 1:23 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB82 min
Nov 30, 1:35 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia25 min
Nov 30, 2:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB42 min
Nov 30, 2:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola55 min
Nov 30, 2:53 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB112 min
Nov 30, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBIndian River, Okeechobee48 min
Nov 30, 3:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard36 min
Nov 30, 3:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie45 min
Nov 30, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin, Saint Lucie56 min
Nov 30, 4:41 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr

Nearby

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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.