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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2009, 6:59 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2009, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 242259
TORMLB
FLC127-242330-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0025.090724T2259Z-090724T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
659 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 730 PM EDT.
* AT 658 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PONCE
INLET...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
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 2910 8091 2908 8091 2906 8089 2900 8086
2895 8083 2894 8084 2897 8086 2898 8089
2893 8086 2888 8093 2914 8110 2921 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 322DEG 8KT 2912 8092
$$
522 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 242313
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
713 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
FLC127-242330-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090724T2330Z/
VOLUSIA-
713 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INTERSTATE 95
WEST OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
SMYRNA BEACH...BETHUNE BEACH...TURTLE MOUND...EDGEWATER AND OAK HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERAL ROOFS WERE DAMAGED IN THE PORT ORANGE AREA AS THE TORNADO
MOVED THROUGH.
&&
LAT...LON 2910 8091 2908 8091 2906 8089 2900 8086
2895 8083 2894 8084 2897 8086 2898 8089
2893 8086 2888 8093 2914 8110 2921 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 322DEG 8KT 2910 8090
$$
52000
WWUS52 KMLB 242326
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
726 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
FLC127-242335-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090724T2330Z/
VOLUSIA-
726 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
730 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM
THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WAS NO LONGER EXHIBITING STRONG ROTATION
AND THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2910 8091 2908 8091 2906 8089 2900 8086
2895 8083 2894 8084 2897 8086 2898 8089
2893 8086 2888 8093 2914 8110 2921 8100
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 322DEG 8KT 2907 8088
$$
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, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 32 min |
| Jul 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 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.