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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2010, 4:35 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 21, 2010, 4:35 PM EST (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2010, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1301 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
258
WFUS52 KMLB 212135
TORMLB
FLC127-212200-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.100121T2135Z-100121T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
435 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH...
* UNTIL 500 PM EST.
* AT 432 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
ORMOND BY THE SEA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TOMOKA ESTATES...TOMOKA STATE PARK...AND INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN
MILE MARKERS 273 AND 280
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2940 8107 2932 8104 2927 8102 2926 8110
2926 8115 2941 8116 2943 8115 2943 8111
2943 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 255DEG 37KT 2937 8128
$$
MOSES2 follow-up statements
133
WWUS52 KMLB 212150
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
450 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
FLC127-212200-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100121T2200Z/
VOLUSIA-
450 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 442 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ORMOND BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOMOKA
ESTATES...ORMOND BY THE SEA...US 1 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH I95
AND A1A.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2940 8107 2932 8104 2927 8102 2926 8110
2926 8115 2941 8116 2943 8115 2943 8111
2943 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 255DEG 37KT 2941 8112
$$
MOSES163
WWUS52 KMLB 212202
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
502 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
FLC127-212212-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100121T2200Z/
VOLUSIA-
502 PM EST THU JAN 21 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY NEAR
ORMOND BY THE SEA HAS EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OFFSHORE INTO
THE NEARSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS EAST OF ORMOND BY THE SEA...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2940 8107 2932 8104 2927 8102 2926 8110
2926 8115 2941 8116 2943 8115 2943 8111
2943 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 255DEG 37KT 2941 8110
$$
MOSESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:43 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Jan 21, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 12 min |
| Jan 21, 3:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 91 min | |
| Jan 21, 3:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 28 min |
| Jan 21, 4:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 50 min |
| Jan 21, 4:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jan 21, 5:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Volusia | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 6:55 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 95 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.