Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2009, 3:15 PM EDT for Brevard County, Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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 7, 2009, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brevard County, FL, Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 071915
TORMLB
FLC009-061-072000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0019.090607T1915Z-090607T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
315 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALM BAY...MELBOURNE...MALABAR...
INDIALANTIC...GRANT...BAREFOOT BAY...
NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SEBASTIAN...WINTER BEACH...WABASSO...
SEBASTIAN INLET...ROSELAND...FELLSMERE...BLUE CYPRESS LAKE...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
* AT 315 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLUE
CYPRESS LAKE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FELLSMERE BY 350 PM EDT...
MICCO...BAREFOOT BAY...6 MILES WEST OF ROSELAND AND 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GRANT BY 400 PM 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 2769 8086 2792 8087 2809 8060 2794 8052
2796 8051 2809 8059 2811 8057 2776 8040
2777 8042 2786 8046 2794 8052 2786 8049
2773 8041 2772 8039 2775 8040 2771 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 249DEG 14KT 2779 8077
$$
523 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 071923
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
323 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2009
FLC009-061-072000-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090607T2000Z/
INDIAN RIVER-BREVARD-
323 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD AND NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...
AT 321 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THE BREVARD
COUNTY LINE NORTH OF BLUE CYPRESS LAKE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FELLSMERE...PALM BAY...SPESSARD HOLLAND PARK...SEBASTIAN...ORCHID...
WINTER BEACH...WABASSO...VALKARIA...ROSELAND... MICCO...MALABAR...
INDIALANTIC...GRANT...FLORIDANA BEACH AND BAREFOOT BAY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2769 8086 2792 8087 2809 8060 2794 8052
2796 8051 2809 8059 2811 8057 2776 8040
2777 8042 2786 8046 2794 8052 2786 8049
2773 8041 2772 8039 2775 8040 2771 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 249DEG 14KT 2780 8074
$$
52000
WWUS52 KMLB 071943
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
343 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2009
FLC009-061-072000-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090607T2000Z/
INDIAN RIVER-BREVARD-
343 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD AND NORTHERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES...
AT 341 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 95
WEST OF GRANT...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALM
BAY...GRANT... MELBOURNE BEACH...VALKARIA...MICCO...AND BAREFOOT BAY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
COIN SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 2769 8086 2792 8087 2809 8060 2794 8052
2796 8051 2809 8059 2811 8057 2776 8040
2777 8042 2786 8046 2794 8052 2786 8049
2773 8041 2772 8039 2775 8040 2771 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 249DEG 14KT 2783 8066
$$
52000
WWUS52 KMLB 071955
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
355 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2009
FLC009-061-072005-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090607T2000Z/
INDIAN RIVER-BREVARD-
355 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD AND NORTHERN INDIAN
RIVER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OFFSHORE OVER THE ATLANTIC
WATERS...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2769 8086 2792 8087 2809 8060 2794 8052
2796 8051 2809 8059 2811 8057 2776 8040
2777 8042 2786 8046 2794 8052 2786 8049
2773 8041 2772 8039 2775 8040 2771 8037
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 249DEG 14KT 2785 8061
$$
52The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 12:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 85 min | |
| Jun 7, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 117 min | |
| Jun 7, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 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.