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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2009, 9:06 AM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2009, 9:06 AM EDT (13:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2009, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 251306
TORMLB
FLC009-251330-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0020.090625T1306Z-090625T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
906 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SATELLITE BEACH...PATRICK AIRFORCE
BASE...MELBOURNE...INDIALANTIC...
* UNTIL 930 AM EDT.
* AT 859 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OVER
THE INTRACOASTAL NEAR MELBOURNE BEACH...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH BY 915 AM EDT...
SATELLITE BEACH BY 925 AM EDT...
PATRICK AIRFORCE BASE BY 930 AM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 2804 8056 2812 8059 2816 8063 2805 8058
2803 8058 2803 8061 2822 8069 2823 8064
2822 8063 2824 8062 2825 8060 2818 8059
2804 8055
TIME...MOT...LOC 1306Z 152DEG 8KT 2813 8060
$$
MOSES1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 251327
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
927 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2009
FLC009-251336-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-090625T1330Z/
BREVARD-
927 AM EDT THU JUN 25 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 AM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONG SHOWER
AND WATERSPOUTS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL FUNNEL
CLOUDS AND WATERSPOUTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE
MORNING HOURS.
LAT...LON 2804 8056 2812 8059 2816 8063 2805 8058
2803 8058 2803 8061 2822 8069 2823 8064
2822 8063 2824 8062 2825 8060 2818 8059
2804 8055
TIME...MOT...LOC 1326Z 152DEG 8KT 2817 8062
$$
MOSESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 100 min | |
| Jun 25, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 52 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.