Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2009, 6:28 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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 24, 2009, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.5 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
- 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 242228
TORMLB
FLC127-242300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0024.090724T2228Z-090724T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
628 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...EDGEWATER...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 627 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO
NEAR PORT ORANGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILBUR BY THE SEA AND BETHUNE BEACH
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 2921 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091 2908 8091
2906 8089 2895 8083 2894 8084 2897 8086
2898 8089 2893 8086 2888 8093 2914 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 322DEG 8KT 2917 8097
$$
521 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMLB 242244
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
644 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
FLC127-242300-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-090724T2300Z/
VOLUSIA-
644 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 644 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
JUST SOUTH OF PORT ORANGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ALLENDALE...HARBOR OAKS...PONCE INLET...NEW SMYRNA BEACH AND
EDGEWATER.
LAT...LON 2919 8103 2920 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091
2908 8091 2906 8089 2899 8085 2897 8087
2898 8089 2897 8088 2894 8097 2914 8110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 335DEG 11KT 2910 8101
$$
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, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.