Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2009, 1:45 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 22, 2009, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2009, 2:18 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 221745 TORMLB FLC097-221830- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0017.090522T1745Z-090522T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 145 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LAKE MARIAN...HOLOPAW... * UNTIL 230 PM EDT. * AT 143 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE MARIAN. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FOREVER FLORIDA...REPTILE WORLD...PINE GROVE AND ALLIGATOR LAKE THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION 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. && LAT...LON 2827 8128 2826 8091 2778 8106 2778 8113 TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 180DEG 0KT 2770 8084 $$ 15
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 221753 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 153 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009 FLC097-221830- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-090522T1830Z/ OSCEOLA- 153 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 152 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF LAKE MARIAN. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HARMONY...FOREVER FLORIDA...REPTILE WORLD...PINE GROVE...HOLOPAW AND ALLIGATOR LAKE. THIS TORNADO WILL APPROACH THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE IN CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY AROUND 155 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. && LAT...LON 2827 8128 2826 8091 2778 8106 2778 8113 TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 180DEG 0KT 2770 8084 $$ 15
000 WWUS52 KMLB 221806 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 206 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009 FLC097-221830- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-090522T1830Z/ OSCEOLA- 206 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY... AT 203 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF FOREVER FLORIDA AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLOPAW...AND HARMONY. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS TAKE COVER NOW. 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 2827 8128 2826 8091 2778 8106 2778 8113 TIME...MOT...LOC 1804Z 180DEG 0KT 2770 8084 $$ 15
000 WWUS52 KMLB 221818 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 218 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009 FLC097-221828- /O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-090522T1830Z/ OSCEOLA- 218 PM EDT FRI MAY 22 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. AS A RESULT...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 2827 8128 2826 8091 2778 8106 2778 8113 TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 180DEG 0KT 2770 8084 $$ 15
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | MLB | 53 hr | |
| May 22, 6:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Volusia | 52 hr |
| May 22, 8:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Volusia | 3 hr |
| May 22, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 79 min | |
| May 22, 11:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 94 min | |
| May 22, 1:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| May 22, 2:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 92 min |
| May 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Orange | 78 min |
| May 22, 4:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Volusia | 119 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.