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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 24, 2012Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2012, 10:39 PM EDT for Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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 24, 2012, 10:39 PM EDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2012, 11:18 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 7:46 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 680 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2012-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
9.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

517 
WFUS52 KMLB 250239
TORMLB
FLC009-097-250330-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0013.120625T0239Z-120625T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1039 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT.

* AT 1036 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR DEER
  PARK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...MOVING
  NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR DEER PARK AND US 192 IN FAR EASTERN       
   OSCEOLA COUNTY.

THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! ACT NOW...SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NECESSARY...GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME OR RV FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2799 8082 2799 8093 2834 8105 2835 8081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 186DEG 33KT 2807 8087

$$


MOSES
2 follow-up statements
961 
WWUS52 KMLB 250254
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1054 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

FLC009-097-250330-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120625T0330Z/
OSCEOLA-BREVARD-
1054 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BREVARD AND NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES...

AT 1050 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL OSCEOLA COUNTY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR NOVA ROAD AND DEER PARK ROAD IN FAR 
NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2812 8082 2813 8098 2834 8105 2835 8081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 183DEG 30KT 2817 8087

$$


MOSES
610 
WWUS52 KMLB 250318
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1118 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

FLC009-097-250327-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120625T0330Z/
OSCEOLA-BREVARD-
1118 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED OSCEOLA COUNTY
...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2812 8082 2813 8098 2834 8105 2835 8081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 183DEG 30KT 2838 8086

$$



CRISTALDI

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB60 min
Jun 24, 8:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake39 min
Jun 24, 9:40 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOkeechobee, Osceola50 min
Jun 24, 9:46 PM EDTFlood WatchMLBLake22 hr
Jun 24, 10:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB57 min
Jun 24, 10:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie94 min
Jun 24, 11:14 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Orange46 min
Jun 25, 12:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole27 min
Jun 25, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB65 min
Jun 25, 4:36 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia15 hr
Jun 25, 10:45 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola24 min
Jun 25, 12:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River34 min
Jun 25, 12:46 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie44 min
Jun 25, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie36 min
Jun 25, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB64 min
Jun 25, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard43 min
Jun 25, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake66 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.