Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 60 min | |
| Jun 24, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 9:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 9:46 PM EDT | Flood Watch | MLB | Lake | 22 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 57 min | |
| Jun 24, 10:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 94 min |
| Jun 24, 11:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 27 min |
| Jun 25, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 65 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:36 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 34 min |
| Jun 25, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 44 min |
| Jun 25, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 64 min | |
| Jun 25, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 66 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.