Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2011, 9:11 PM EDT for Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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
- Oct 18, 2011, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 9:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nnw Indrio, FL | 22ND PLACE SE IN VERO BEACH JUST EAST OF US1. COUNTY EM REPORTED TORNADO DAMAGE, ROOF REMOVED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646
WFUS52 KMLB 190111
TORMLB
FLC061-111-190145-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0029.111019T0111Z-111019T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
911 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VERO BEACH SOUTH...VERO BEACH...
NORTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FORT PIERCE INLET...WHITE CITY...
INDRIO...FORT PIERCE...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 906 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SAINT LUCIE AIRPORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
INDRIO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAKEWOOD PARK...SAINT LUCIE VILLAGE...VERO BEACH HIGHLANDS...QUEENS
COVE AND SOUTH BEACH
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
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.
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 2738 8026 2745 8031 2742 8031 2737 8028
2729 8037 2747 8054 2771 8037 2759 8032
2759 8031 2755 8031 2739 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 224DEG 26KT 2747 8043
$$
SEDLOCK2 follow-up statements
793
WWUS52 KMLB 190129
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
929 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011
FLC061-111-190145-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-111019T0145Z/
ST. LUCIE-INDIAN RIVER-
929 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER AND NORTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTIES...
AT 926 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDRIO...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DIXIE
HEIGHTS...MOORINGS OF VERO BEACH...THE MOORINGS...FLORALTON BEACH...
SOUTH BEACH...JAYCEE PARK AND JAYCEE BEACH
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2738 8026 2745 8031 2742 8031 2737 8028
2739 8031 2756 8040 2771 8037 2759 8032
2759 8031 2755 8031 2739 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 199DEG 22KT 2756 8036
$$
SEDLOCK104
WWUS52 KMLB 190143
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
943 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011
FLC061-111-190152-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-111019T0145Z/
ST. LUCIE-INDIAN RIVER-
943 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER AND NORTHEASTERN
ST. LUCIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING WAS MOVING OFF OF
THE EAST COAST INTO THE INTRACOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE WATERS OF THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2738 8026 2745 8031 2742 8031 2737 8028
2739 8031 2756 8040 2771 8037 2759 8032
2759 8031 2755 8031 2739 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 199DEG 22KT 2764 8033
$$
SEDLOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 8:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 48 min |
| Oct 18, 8:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 81 min |
| Oct 18, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 94 min | |
| Oct 18, 9:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 52 min |
| Oct 18, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Oct 19, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 114 min | |
| Oct 19, 4:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 97 min |
| Oct 19, 4:09 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Oct 19, 6:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 47 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.