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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 5, 2010Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2010, 4:05 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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
Feb 5, 2010, 4:05 PM EST (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 5, 2010, 4:45 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 5, 2:02 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2010-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2010-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

337 
WFUS52 KMLB 052105
TORMLB
FLC127-052145-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0013.100205T2105Z-100205T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
405 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...SOUTH DAYTONA...
  PORT ORANGE...PONCE INLET...OSTEEN...ORMOND BEACH...ORANGE 
  CITY...LAKE MONROE...LAKE HELEN...DELTONA...DAYTONA BEACH...

* UNTIL 445 PM EST.

* AT 403 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DELTONA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY...DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY...
  WILBUR BY THE SEA AND ORMOND BY THE SEA

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME. PEOPLE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
DO NOT WAIT FOR THE TORNADO TO DEVELOP BEFORE ACTING...YOU MAY NOT
SEE OR HEAR ITS APPROACH. DO NOT GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2925 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091 2908 8091
      2902 8087 2897 8085 2898 8089 2896 8088
      2880 8120 2883 8123 2883 8129 2888 8136
      2935 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 227DEG 42KT 2889 8121

$$



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3 follow-up statements
456 
WWUS52 KMLB 052115
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
415 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

FLC127-052145-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100205T2145Z/
VOLUSIA-
415 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR 
VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 413 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DELTONA...MOVING 
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
ASHBY...DAYTONA HIGHRIDGE ESTATES...TIGER BAY STATE FOREST...SPRUCE 
CREEK...EDGEWATER...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...PONCE INLET. 

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2925 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091 2908 8091
      2902 8087 2897 8085 2898 8089 2896 8088
      2880 8120 2883 8123 2883 8129 2888 8136
      2935 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 227DEG 42KT 2890 8115

$$


GLITTO
041 
WWUS52 KMLB 052132
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
432 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

FLC127-052145-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100205T2145Z/
VOLUSIA-
432 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR EASTERN
VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 430 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW SMYRNA BEACH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORT 
ORANGE...PONCE INLET...WILBUR BY THE SEA...AND EDGEWATER.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2925 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091 2908 8091
      2902 8087 2897 8085 2898 8089 2896 8088
      2880 8120 2883 8123 2883 8129 2888 8136
      2935 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 230DEG 33KT 2904 8096

$$


GLITTO
292 
WWUS52 KMLB 052145
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

FLC127-052154-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100205T2145Z/
VOLUSIA-
445 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 445 PM EST...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNING 
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2925 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091 2908 8091
      2902 8087 2897 8085 2898 8089 2896 8088
      2880 8120 2883 8123 2883 8129 2888 8136
      2935 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 230DEG 33KT 2912 8086

$$


GLITTO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 4:03 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia15 hr
Feb 5, 2:33 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB57 min
Feb 5, 3:40 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Osceola50 min
Feb 5, 3:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBSeminole, Volusia46 min
Feb 5, 4:13 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Feb 5, 4:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOsceola51 min
Feb 5, 4:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Indian River, Orange, Osceola62 min
Feb 5, 5:15 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB73 min

Nearby

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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.