Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 7, 2008, 3:55 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 20 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2008, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2008, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:13 PM EST | HAIL 1 | New Smyrna Beach, FL | REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF I-95 AND SR 44. |
| Mar 7, 4:13 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Port Orange, FL | SKYWARN SPOTTER IN WEST PORT ORANGE REPORTED NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 11:59 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1005 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMLB 072055
TORMLB
FLC127-072115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0006.080307T2055Z-080307T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
355 PM EST FRI MAR 7 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...SOUTH DAYTONA...
PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...
* UNTIL 415 PM EST
* AT 350 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PONCE
INLET...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES BY 400 PM EST...
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.
THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW
IF YOU EXPERIENCE SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THEM TO PASS IT ALONG TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. OR YOU MAY CALL THE MELBOURNE WEATHER OFFICE DIRECTLY AT
THIS NUMBER 1 800 683 4468. YOUR TIMELY REPORT COULD SAVE SOMEONES
LIFE
LAT...LON 2918 8093 2912 8087 2906 8087 2900 8092
2910 8109 2927 8097 2924 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 214DEG 35KT 2913 8095
$$
CRISTALDI1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 072111
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
410 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
FLC127-072119-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080307T2115Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
410 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY EXPIRES AT
415 PM EST...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING IS MOVING OFFSHORE VOLUSIA COUNTY
INTO THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC. THUS...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 415 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2918 8093 2912 8087 2906 8087 2900 8092
2910 8109 2927 8097 2924 8093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 214DEG 35KT 2924 8086
$$
CRISTALDIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 25 min |
| 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.