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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2009, 7:48 PM EDT for Orange County, Seminole 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
- Jul 15, 2009, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2009, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1005 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 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 152348 TORMLB FLC095-117-160030- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0022.090715T2348Z-090716T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 748 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CHRISTMAS...BITHLO...AZALEA PARK... SOUTH CENTRAL SEMINOLE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OVIEDO...GOLDENROD... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT. * AT 748 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR UNION PARK...OR NEAR AZALEA PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BITHLO AND OVIEDO BY 825 PM EDT... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHRISTMAS BY 830 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 2873 8122 2853 8095 2839 8121 2856 8135 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 235DEG 8KT 2854 8121 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMLB 160015 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 815 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2009 FLC095-117-160030- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090716T0030Z/ ORANGE-SEMINOLE- 815 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SEMINOLE AND CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTIES... AT 810 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UNIVERSITY PARK... OR NEAR BITHLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BITHLO...CHULUOTA...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OVIEDO AND 6 MILES WEST OF CHRISTMAS PARK BY 830 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 2873 8122 2853 8095 2839 8121 2856 8135 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 235DEG 8KT 2857 8116 $$
000 WWUS52 KMLB 160026 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 826 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2009 FLC095-117-160035- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090716T0030Z/ ORANGE-SEMINOLE- 826 PM EDT WED JUL 15 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SEMINOLE AND CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL ORANGE...EASTERN SEMINOLE...AND SOUTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM. LAT...LON 2873 8122 2853 8095 2839 8121 2856 8135 TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 235DEG 8KT 2858 8114 $$ CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 7:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 86 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.