Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2009, 1:32 PM EDT for Okeechobee County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
- Apr 14, 2009, 1:32 PM EDT (17:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2009, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Okeechobee County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 1:44 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Sw Indrio, FL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT MILE MARKER 134 ON I-95. |
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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 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 141732
TORMLB
FLC093-111-141815-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.090414T1732Z-090414T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
132 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE...
ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WALTON...FORT PIERCE INLET...WHITE
CITY...SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT...PORT SAINT LUCIE...INDRIO...FORT
PIERCE...
* UNTIL 215 PM EDT.
* AT 131 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
OKEECHOBEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FOUR SEASONS ESTATES BY 140 PM EDT...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT LUCIE WEST AND 9 MILES WEST OF WHITE
CITY BY 215 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING COIN
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 2729 8020 2729 8021 2729 8023 2733 8024
2734 8026 2728 8025 2721 8061 2721 8068
2719 8068 2718 8075 2720 8080 2716 8087
2722 8097 2729 8100 2756 8057 2756 8032
2730 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 243DEG 30KT 2724 8085
$$
522 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 141749
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
149 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009
FLC093-111-141815-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090414T1815Z/
OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-
149 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR ST. LUCIE
AND SOUTHERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES...
AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUR SEASONS
ESTATES...EAST OF OKEECHOBEE...MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CARLTON...SAINT LUCIE METS...FORT PIERCE SOUTH BY 215 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2729 8023 2733 8024 2734 8026 2728 8025
2721 8061 2721 8068 2719 8068 2718 8075
2720 8080 2720 8084 2716 8087 2722 8097
2729 8100 2756 8057 2756 8032 2730 8020
2729 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 247DEG 33KT 2730 8070
$$
52000
WWUS52 KMLB 141803
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
203 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009
FLC093-141811-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090414T1815Z/
OKEECHOBEE-
203 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 2729 8023 2733 8024 2734 8026 2728 8025
2723 8061 2731 8066 2756 8057 2756 8034
2755 8032 2750 8029 2744 8027 2740 8025
2730 8020 2729 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 248DEG 23KT 2733 8054
$$
FLC111-141815-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090414T1815Z/
ST. LUCIE-
203 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR ST. LUCIE
COUNTY...
AT 201 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF PORT
SAINT LUCIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SAINT LUCIE METS...WHITE CITY AND FORT PIERCE SOUTH BY 215 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL THE SIZE
OF QUARTERS AND IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2729 8023 2733 8024 2734 8026 2728 8025
2723 8061 2731 8066 2756 8057 2756 8034
2755 8032 2750 8029 2744 8027 2740 8025
2730 8020 2729 8021
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 248DEG 23KT 2733 8054
$$
52The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 118 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 3:47 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 32 min |
| Apr 14, 9:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 9:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 10:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 14, 10:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 10:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 31 min |
| Apr 14, 10:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 11:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 12:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| Apr 14, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 43 min | |
| Apr 14, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 13 min |
| Apr 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 13 hr |
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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.