Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 17 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
- May 14, 2012, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2012, 5:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1180 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025
WFUS52 KMLB 142045
TORMLB
FLC085-142115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0001.120514T2045Z-120514T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
445 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
* AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY...OR NEAR INDIANTOWN...MOVING SOUTH AT 5
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
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 2696 8047 2704 8046 2709 8035 2696 8029
2695 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 349DEG 8KT 2701 8041
$$
WEITLICH1 follow-up statement
529
WWUS52 KMLB 142102
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
502 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
FLC085-142108-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120514T2115Z/
MARTIN-
502 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MARTIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED
AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTS AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 2696 8047 2704 8046 2709 8035 2696 8029
2695 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 349DEG 8KT 2698 8040
$$
WEITLICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 51 min |
| May 14, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 39 min |
| May 14, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin | 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.