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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:02 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
523 follow-up statements
456
WWUS52 KMLB 052115
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
415 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010
FLC127-052145-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100205T2145Z/
VOLUSIA-
415 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EST FOR
VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 413 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DELTONA...MOVING
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
ASHBY...DAYTONA HIGHRIDGE ESTATES...TIGER BAY STATE FOREST...SPRUCE
CREEK...EDGEWATER...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...PONCE INLET.
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2925 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091 2908 8091
2902 8087 2897 8085 2898 8089 2896 8088
2880 8120 2883 8123 2883 8129 2888 8136
2935 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 227DEG 42KT 2890 8115
$$
GLITTO041
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
$$
GLITTO292
WWUS52 KMLB 052145
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010
FLC127-052154-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100205T2145Z/
VOLUSIA-
445 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR VOLUSIA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 445 PM EST...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNING
AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2925 8100 2915 8096 2910 8091 2908 8091
2902 8087 2897 8085 2898 8089 2896 8088
2880 8120 2883 8123 2883 8129 2888 8136
2935 8105
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 230DEG 33KT 2912 8086
$$
GLITTOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 4:03 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:33 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 57 min | |
| Feb 5, 3:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 50 min |
| Feb 5, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 46 min |
| Feb 5, 4:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Feb 5, 4:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 51 min |
| Feb 5, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Orange, Osceola | 62 min |
| Feb 5, 5:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 73 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.