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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 11:58 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
- Feb 12, 2008, 11:58 PM EST (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2008, 12:22 AM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 10:20 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMLB 130459
TORMLB
FLC127-130545-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.080213T0458Z-080213T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1158 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...PORT ORANGE...
PONCE INLET...EDGEWATER...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EST
* AT 1156 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW SMYRNA
BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NEW SMYRNA BEACH BY 1205 AM EST...
PONCE INLET AND WILBUR BY THE SEA BY 1210 AM EST...
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.
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 2912 8087 2909 8087 2906 8083 2901 8083
2888 8102 2902 8115 2919 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 229DEG 30KT 2901 8101
$$
SPRATT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 130522
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1220 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008
FLC127-130530-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080213T0545Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
1220 AM EST WED FEB 13 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE WARNING AREA AND MOVED INTO
THE ATLANTIC NEAR PONCE INLET...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS
MORNING. REMAIN ALERT.
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MELBOURNE.
LAT...LON 2912 8087 2909 8087 2906 8083 2901 8083
2888 8102 2902 8115 2919 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 229DEG 30KT 2913 8085
$$
SPRATTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 12:04 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 56 min | |
| Feb 13, 3:23 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 12 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:59 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 27 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.