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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 12, 2008Volusia County, Florida

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 12, 10:20 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 264 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

SPRATT
1 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

$$

SPRATT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 12:04 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB56 min
Feb 13, 3:23 AM ESTFire Weather WatchMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia12 hr
Feb 13, 2:59 PM ESTRed Flag WarningMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia27 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.