Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2008, 5:28 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 10, 2008, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Saint Cloud, FL | NARCOOSSEE ROAD AND SR192 DAMAGE TO STORAGE SHEDS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 102128 TORMLB FLC097-102200- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.080610T2128Z-080610T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 528 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAINT CLOUD...NARCOOSSEE... KISSIMMEE...EAST LAKE TOHO...BUENA VENTURA LAKES... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT * AT 526 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BUENA VENTURA LAKES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EAST LAKE TOHO AND SAINT CLOUD BY 540 PM EDT... NARCOOSSEE BY 550 PM EDT... 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 LAT...LON 2834 8124 2823 8124 2824 8146 2834 8146 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 272DEG 14KT 2832 8135 $$ CRISTALDI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 102145 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 541 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 FLC097-102200- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080610T2200Z/ OSCEOLA FL- 541 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH OCCASIONAL ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST LAKE TOHO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH TOWARD NARCOOSEE. IN ADDITION A POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE A LARGE TREE DOWN ON MICHIGAN ROAD IN KISSIMMEE...AND SOME POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL NEAR THE ATTRACTIONS AREA ...BUT THUS FAR NO TORNADO TOUCHDOWN HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS OF YET. LAT...LON 2834 8124 2823 8124 2824 8146 2834 8146 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 276DEG 14KT 2832 8129 $$
000 WWUS52 KMLB 102200 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 600 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 FLC097-102208- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080610T2200Z/ OSCEOLA FL- 600 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 600 PM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THUS...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THE TORNADO WARNING IS BEING REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...AS STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE STILL BEING INDICATED BY RADAR. HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO CONTINUE. LAT...LON 2834 8124 2823 8124 2824 8146 2834 8146 TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 318DEG 13KT 2826 8125 $$ CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 1:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 86 min |
| Jun 10, 3:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 54 min |
| Jun 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 90 min |
| Jun 10, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 33 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.