Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 26, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 16, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 16, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2011, 4:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 3:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Vero Beach, FL | CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS STORM REPORT KVRB MEASURED A 51 KT/59 MPH WIND GUST. |
| Aug 16, 3:56 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | Vero Beach, FL | KVRB MEASURED A 59 KT/68 MPH WIND GUST. |
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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229
WFUS52 KMLB 161930
TORMLB
FLC061-162030-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0026.110816T1930Z-110816T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
330 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER BEACH...WABASSO...VERO BEACH
SOUTH...VERO BEACH...INDIAN RIVER SHORES...GIFFORD...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
* AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WINTER
BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INDIAN RIVER SHORES.
THIS STORM SHOWED SIGNS OF ROTATION AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT
ANY TIME. DONT 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.
&&
LAT...LON 2756 8039 2763 8057 2779 8047 2777 8039
2775 8038 2771 8036 2764 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 264DEG 4KT 2769 8046
$$
KELLY2 follow-up statements
551
WWUS52 KMLB 161942
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
342 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2011
FLC061-162030-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110816T2030Z/
INDIAN RIVER-
342 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...
AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO ON DOPPLER RADAR. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST
WEST OF GIFFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO VERO
BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 2756 8039 2763 8057 2775 8048 2774 8042
2772 8039 2770 8037 2766 8035 2764 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 328DEG 6KT 2767 8044
$$
KELLY488
WWUS52 KMLB 162019
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
419 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2011
FLC061-162028-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110816T2030Z/
INDIAN RIVER-
419 PM EDT TUE AUG 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED
AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 2756 8039 2763 8057 2775 8048 2774 8042
2772 8039 2770 8037 2766 8035 2764 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 328DEG 6KT 2762 8040
$$
KELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 116 min | |
| Aug 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Indian River | 90 min |
| Aug 16, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin | 118 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.