Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2008, 3:35 AM EST for Orange 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
- Mar 7, 2008, 3:35 AM EST (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2008, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 070836
TORMLB
FLC095-070900-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0005.080307T0835Z-080307T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
335 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EST
* AT 334 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF LONE CABBAGE
FISH CAMP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY AT 350 AM EST
RURAL EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY AT 400 AM EST
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. PEOPLE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
DO NOT WAIT FOR THE TORNADO TO DEVELOP BEFORE ACTING...YOU MAY NOT
SEE OR HEAR ITS APPROACH. DO NOT GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD
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.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF
ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD
RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN. TORNADOES ARE OFTEN
ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WHICH ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING.
LAT...LON 2844 8089 2840 8088 2832 8094 2833 8098
2832 8109 2838 8115 2851 8102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0835Z 230DEG 21KT 2836 8104
$$
JP/MRV1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 070858
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
358 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
FLC095-070908-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080307T0900Z/
ORANGE FL-
358 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400
AM EST...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM THAT
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 2844 8089 2840 8088 2832 8094 2833 8098
2832 8109 2838 8115 2851 8102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 221DEG 24KT 2839 8095
$$
JP/MRVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:23 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:37 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 10 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:13 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 37 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:13 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 28 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:14 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 91 min | |
| Mar 7, 3:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 3:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 20 min |
| Mar 7, 4:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 57 min |
| Mar 7, 4:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 97 min |
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.