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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT for Martin 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
- Jun 26, 2011, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2011, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322
WFUS52 KMLB 261920
TORMLB
FLC085-261945-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0025.110626T1920Z-110626T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
320 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STUART...PALM CITY...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PALM
CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCKY
POINT...PORT SALERNO AND HOBE SOUND BEACH
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2703 8027 2720 8036 2720 8029 2723 8028
2724 8024 2722 8022 2722 8021 2721 8022
2717 8018 2716 8019 2716 8017 2708 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 323DEG 5KT 2718 8027
$$
WEITLICH2 follow-up statements
690
WWUS52 KMLB 261928
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
328 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
FLC085-261945-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110626T1945Z/
MARTIN-
328 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO NEAR PALM CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STUART...ROCKY POINT...PORT SEWALL AND PORT SALERNO.
LAT...LON 2703 8027 2720 8036 2720 8029 2723 8028
2724 8024 2722 8022 2722 8021 2721 8022
2717 8018 2716 8019 2716 8017 2708 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 311DEG 4KT 2717 8026
$$
WEITLICH967
WWUS52 KMLB 261944
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
344 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
FLC085-261954-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110626T1945Z/
MARTIN-
344 PM EDT SUN JUN 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
345 PM EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE
TO BE POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 2703 8027 2720 8036 2720 8029 2723 8028
2724 8024 2722 8022 2722 8021 2721 8022
2717 8018 2716 8019 2716 8017 2708 8012
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 311DEG 4KT 2716 8024
$$
WEITLICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin | 94 min |
| Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 4:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 28 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.