Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2009, 6:03 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2009, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2009, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 6:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | Port Orange, FL | SEVERAL REPORTS OF DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES IN THE LAUREL WOOD MOBILE HOME PARK. 6-12 INCH DIAMETER TREES ALSO SNAPPED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1372 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMLB 242203
TORMLB
FLC127-242230-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0023.090724T2203Z-090724T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
603 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...SOUTH DAYTONA...
PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...ORMOND BEACH...HOLLY HILL...
EDGEWATER...DAYTONA BEACH...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DAYTONA
BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH DAYTONA BY 620 PM EDT...
WILBUR BY THE SEA...PORT ORANGE AND PONCE INLET BY 630 PM 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.
&&
LAT...LON 2925 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091 2908 8091
2906 8089 2901 8086 2899 8086 2891 8095
2924 8113 2931 8104
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 322DEG 8KT 2921 8101
$$
521 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 242214
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
614 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
FLC127-242230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-090724T2230Z/
VOLUSIA-
614 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SOUTH DAYTONA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILBUR BY THE SEA...PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...AND DAYTONA BEACH
SHORES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2920 8107 2926 8102 2925 8100 2915 8096
2910 8091 2908 8091 2906 8089 2901 8086
2899 8086 2891 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 318DEG 8KT 2921 8102
$$
52The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 54 min | |
| Jul 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 53 min | |
| Jul 24, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 7:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 101 min |
| Jul 24, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.