Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2010, 2:57 AM EST for Orange County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 48 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
- Jan 22, 2010, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2010, 3:45 AM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:48 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Se Orlando Internatio, FL | WFTV CHANNEL 9 ORLANDO REPORTED AN EMPTY CONSTRUCTION TRAILER PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OVERTURNED ON NARCOOSEE ROAD NEAR SR 417 IN FRONT OF LAKE NONA HIGH SCHOOL IN ORLANDO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 00:00Z, 8.0 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
- 747 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1234 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
951
WFUS52 KMLB 220757
TORMLB
FLC095-097-220845-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.100122T0757Z-100122T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
257 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS...MGM STUDIOS...
EPCOT...
NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CELEBRATION...WEST LAKE TOHO...SAINT
CLOUD...NARCOOSSEE...KISSIMMEE...INTERCESSION CITY...EAST LAKE
TOHO...BUENA VENTURA LAKES...
* UNTIL 345 AM EST.
* AT 249 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CELEBRATION...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAINES
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ANIMAL KINGDOM...LAKE BUENA VISTA...PLEASURE ISLAND...CAMPBELL AND
LAKE MARY JANE
THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! ACT NOW...SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NECESSARY...GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME OR RV FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GET INTO AN
UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS AND
ARMS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF
ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD
RUMBLING LIKE AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN.
&&
LAT...LON 2840 8166 2843 8111 2845 8090 2845 8089
2824 8091 2818 8152 2825 8157 2826 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 258DEG 27KT 2823 8163
$$
671 follow-up statement
103
WWUS52 KMLB 220816
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
316 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010
FLC095-097-220845-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100122T0845Z/
OSCEOLA-ORANGE-
316 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN
ORANGE AND NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES...
AT 309 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR INTERCESSION CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VINELAND...CAMPBELL...WEST LAKE TOHO...KISSIMMEE...OSCEOLA ASTROS
COMPLEX...BUENA VENTURA LAKES...SAINT CLOUD...EAST LAKE TOHO...
NARCOOSSEE...REPTILE WORLD...PINE GROVE...LAKE MARY JANE AND
ALLIGATOR LAKE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2840 8166 2843 8111 2845 8090 2845 8089
2824 8091 2818 8152 2825 8157 2826 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0815Z 258DEG 27KT 2826 8148
$$
67The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 3:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 44 min |
| Jan 22, 4:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jan 22, 4:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 26 min |
| Jan 22, 6:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 37 min |
| Jan 22, 7:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 90 min | |
| Jan 22, 7:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 26 min |
| Jan 22, 9:21 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 114 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.