Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2009, 1:03 AM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 42 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
- May 21, 2009, 1:03 AM EDT (05:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2009, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 880 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 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 210503
TORMLB
FLC009-210545-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0015.090521T0503Z-090521T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
103 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT CANAVERAL...CAPE CANAVERAL...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.
* AT 1259 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PORT CANAVERAL...OR 8 MILES EAST OF COCOA BEACH...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CAPE CANAVERAL BY 130 AM EDT...
PORT CANAVERAL BY 135 AM EDT...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 145 AM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 2844 8053 2842 8057 2837 8060 2840 8063
2843 8061 2853 8058 2858 8060 2852 8061
2842 8066 2850 8074 2852 8073 2864 8061
2859 8057 2849 8054 2846 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 143DEG 12KT 2835 8048
$$
MOSES1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 210520
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
120 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2009
FLC009-210545-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-090521T0545Z/
BREVARD-
120 AM EDT THU MAY 21 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY...
AT 117 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED EAST OF PORT
CANAVERAL...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CAPE CANAVERAL BY 125 AM EDT...
PORT CANAVERAL AND JETTY PARK BY 130 AM EDT...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 145 AM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 2844 8053 2842 8057 2837 8060 2840 8063
2843 8061 2853 8058 2858 8060 2852 8061
2842 8066 2850 8074 2852 8073 2864 8061
2859 8057 2849 8054 2846 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 138DEG 14KT 2840 8054
$$
MOSESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 9:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 3 hr |
| May 20, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 85 min | |
| May 21, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| May 21, 1:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 31 min |
| May 21, 8:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Lake | 12 hr |
| May 21, 10:22 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 5 days |
| May 21, 6:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Volusia | 12 hr |
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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.