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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2011, 6:21 PM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 54 min. 5 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
- Jan 25, 2011, 6:21 PM EST (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2011, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 6:23 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Geneva, FL | SANFORD PD REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN AT OSCEOLA ROAD AND OSCEOLA BLUFF LANE |
| Jan 25, 6:31 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Port Orange, FL | |
| Jan 25, 6:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Titusville, FL | NEWS 13 REPORTED CARPORT THROWN INTO POWER LINES NEAR TOMOKA AVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jan 25, 7:03 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 60 | Kennedy Space Center, FL | KTTS METAR REMARK PK WND 25052/03 |
| Jan 25, 7:10 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 53 | Kennedy Space Center, FL | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER KTTS SPECI 260010Z 30010G46KT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2:07 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178
WFUS52 KMLB 252321
TORMLB
FLC009-095-117-127-260015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0006.110125T2321Z-110126T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
621 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SCOTTSMOOR...MIMS...HAULOVER
CANAL
EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
CONWAY...CHRISTMAS...BITHLO...AZALEA PARK...
SEMINOLE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER SPRINGS...SANFORD...OVIEDO...
LAKE JESSUP...GOLDENROD...GENEVA...
EASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...SPORT
ORANGE...PONCE INLET...OSTEEN...ORMOND BEACH...MAYTOWN...LAKE
MONROE...LAKE HELEN...HOLLY HILL...EDGEWATER...DELTONA...DAYTONA
BEACH...
* UNTIL 715 PM EST.
* AT 619 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES FROM
JUST WEST OF PORT ORANGE TO SANFORD TO NEAR LAKE MARY. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ORMOND BY THE SEA...KLONDIKE BEACH...ELDORA...BETHUNE BEACH...
WILBUR BY THE SEA...MIDWAY...DAYTONA BEACH INTL SPEEDWAY...DAYTONA
INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY AND APOLLO BEACH
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AT ANY TIME.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW IN ORDER TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES. DO NOT WAIT FOR THE TORNADO TO DEVELOP BEFORE
ACTING...YOU MAY NOT SEE OR HEAR ITS APPROACH. DO NOT 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.
THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2915 8096 2854 8056 2853 8058 2858 8061
2853 8062 2850 8073 2860 8073 2859 8076
2864 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2879 8084
2849 8077 2834 8139 2927 8119 2927 8115
2942 8116 2943 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 180DEG 0KT 2872 8091
$$
153 follow-up statements
710
WWUS52 KMLB 252335
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
635 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
FLC009-095-117-127-260015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T0015Z/
ORANGE-SEMINOLE-VOLUSIA-BREVARD-
635 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD...EASTERN VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE AND EASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES...
AT 633 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMTON AND WAS
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EDGEWATER...TURTLE MOUND...APOLLO BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2915 8096 2854 8056 2853 8058 2858 8061
2853 8062 2850 8073 2860 8073 2859 8076
2864 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2879 8084
2849 8077 2834 8139 2927 8119 2927 8115
2942 8116 2943 8109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 180DEG 0KT 2872 8091
$$
15716
WWUS52 KMLB 252344
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
644 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
FLC009-095-117-127-260015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T0015Z/
ORANGE-SEMINOLE-VOLUSIA-BREVARD-
644 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD...SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA...SOUTHEASTERN SEMINOLE AND EAST
CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDGEWATER...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
HILL...TURTLE MOUND...AND APOLLO BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2851 8077 2849 8107 2906 8104 2913 8103
2918 8102 2917 8097 2915 8096 2854 8056
2853 8058 2858 8061 2853 8062 2851 8070
2851 8073 2860 8073 2859 8076 2864 8079
2869 8079 2871 8075 2879 8084
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 268DEG 44KT 2892 8087
$$
15675
WWUS52 KMLB 260000 RRA
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
700 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
FLC095-117-127-260008-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T0015Z/
ORANGE-SEMINOLE-VOLUSIA-
700 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA...SOUTHEASTERN
SEMINOLE AND EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2854 8056 2858 8061 2853 8062 2851 8073
2860 8073 2860 8077 2864 8079 2851 8078
2852 8089 2864 8088 2878 8090 2878 8084
2863 8081 2871 8075 2878 8083 2878 8082
2867 8066 2868 8066 2878 8074 2878 8072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 268DEG 44KT 2893 8066
$$
FLC009-260015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110126T0015Z/
BREVARD-
700 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...
AT 658 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR TITUSVILLE. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST TOWARD KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND
CAPE CANAVERAL THROUGH 715 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2854 8056 2858 8061 2853 8062 2851 8073
2860 8073 2860 8077 2864 8079 2851 8078
2852 8089 2864 8088 2878 8090 2878 8084
2863 8081 2871 8075 2878 8083 2878 8082
2867 8066 2868 8066 2878 8074 2878 8072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 268DEG 44KT 2893 8066
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 4:03 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 14 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 58 min |
| Jan 25, 5:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Volusia | 37 min |
| Jan 25, 5:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 60 min |
| Jan 25, 5:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 36 min |
| Jan 25, 6:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 52 min |
| Jan 25, 6:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 115 min | |
| Jan 25, 6:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola | 61 min |
| Jan 25, 6:55 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 110 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.