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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2008, 4:23 PM EDT for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 22, 2008, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 222024
TORMLB
FLC085-111-222115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0009.080622T2023Z-080622T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
423 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STUART...PALM CITY...JENSEN BEACH...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PORT
SALERNO...AND NEAR STUART...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SEWALLS POINT...RIO...WAVELAND...SNUG HARBOR AND PORT SEWALL
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 2708 8026 2724 8032 2729 8025 2724 8023
2724 8021 2728 8022 2729 8024 2731 8021
2720 8016 2717 8016 2718 8018 2716 8019
2716 8015 2713 8014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 240DEG 34KT 2721 8018
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 222050
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
FLC085-111-222059-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080622T2115Z/
MARTIN FL-ST. LUCIE FL-
449 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE AND NORTHEASTERN
MARTIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE CIRCULATION
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND THE STORM HAS EXITED THE
WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2708 8026 2724 8032 2729 8025 2724 8023
2724 8021 2728 8022 2729 8024 2731 8021
2720 8016 2717 8016 2718 8018 2716 8019
2716 8015 2713 8014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 240DEG 34KT 2733 7994
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 110 min | |
| Jun 22, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 26 min |
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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.