Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 2009, 10:59 PM EST for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 15 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
- Jan 19, 2009, 10:59 PM EST (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2009, 11:14 PM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lake County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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 200359
TORMLB
FLC069-200430-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0001.090120T0359Z-090120T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1059 PM EST MON JAN 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THE VILLAGES...PAISLEY...LISBON...
LEESBURG...LAKE GRIFFIN...LADY LAKE...EMERALDA...
* UNTIL 1130 PM EST
* AT 1056 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
LEESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LEESBURG BY 1115 PM EST...
FRUITLAND PARK BY 1120 PM EST...
LAKE GRIFFIN...LADY LAKE AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE VILLAGES BY
1125 PM EST...
EMERALDA...LISBON AND 6 MILES WEST OF MID FLORIDA LAKES BY 1130 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. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE
TORNADO IS NEARBY.
LAT...LON 2896 8195 2896 8166 2905 8166 2906 8164
2912 8164 2899 8151 2870 8195 2871 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 230DEG 19KT 2879 8200
$$
522 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 200407
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1107 PM EST MON JAN 19 2009
FLC069-200430-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090120T0430Z/
LAKE FL-
1107 PM EST MON JAN 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
LAKE COUNTY...
AT 1107 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEESBURG...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FRUITLAND PARK...LADY LAKE...LAKE GRIFFIN...SILVER LAKE...
UMATILLA...PAISLEY...MID FLORIDA LAKES...LISBON...EMERALDA AND
BASSVILLE PARK.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 2896 8195 2896 8166 2905 8166 2906 8164
2912 8164 2899 8151 2870 8195 2871 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 247DEG 18KT 2880 8191
$$
52000
WWUS52 KMLB 200414
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1114 PM EST MON JAN 19 2009
FLC069-200423-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090120T0430Z/
LAKE FL-
1113 PM EST MON JAN 19 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE CELL THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING WAS NO LONGER EXHIBITING
ROTATION...AND THUS THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2896 8195 2896 8166 2905 8166 2906 8164
2912 8164 2899 8151 2870 8195 2871 8196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 230DEG 19KT 2882 8192
$$
52The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 3:43 AM EST | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 34 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:10 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 24 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:10 AM EST | Freeze Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 29 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:10 AM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 29 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:10 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:36 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 28 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:53 PM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:14 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 19 hr |
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.