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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 15, 2012Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2012, 6:24 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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: May 15, 2012, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
May 15, 7:02 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 50	2 Nnw Scottsmoor, FL	SUSTAINED 50 MPH WIND WITH HIGHER GUST, WIND BLOWN DEBRIS. ALSO REPORTED DIME-SIZED HAIL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 65 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

717 
WFUS52 KMLB 152224
TORMLB
FLC127-152300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.120515T2224Z-120515T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
624 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...MAYTOWN...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.

* AT 623 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MAYTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  FARMTON AND LAKE HARNEY.

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 2906 8098 2881 8080 2879 8085 2879 8097
      2874 8096 2871 8101 2876 8106 2879 8106
      2881 8107 2883 8111 2882 8113 2889 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 335DEG 15KT 2891 8103

$$


WEITLICH

2 follow-up statements

309 
WWUS52 KMLB 152234
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
634 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

FLC127-152300-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120515T2300Z/
VOLUSIA-
634 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMTON...OR 6 MILES
NORTH OF MAYTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
HARNEY AND OAK HILL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND
TO SHELTER.

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 2881 8080 2879 8085 2879 8097 2874 8096
      2871 8101 2876 8106 2879 8106 2881 8107
      2883 8111 2882 8113 2888 8116 2903 8097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 302DEG 15KT 2889 8099

$$


WEITLICH

410 
WWUS52 KMLB 152245
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
645 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

FLC127-152300-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120515T2300Z/
VOLUSIA-
645 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MAYTOWN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAK
HILL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORM'S PATH AND
TO SHELTER.

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 2897 8093 2881 8080 2879 8085 2879 8097
      2874 8096 2871 8101 2876 8106 2879 8106
      2883 8107 2885 8111 2890 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 302DEG 15KT 2886 8095

$$


WEITLICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	41 min
May 15, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin	35 min
May 15, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	38 min
May 15, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		65 min
May 15, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	41 min
May 15, 3:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard	39 min
May 15, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	31 min
May 15, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	45 min
May 15, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	37 min
May 15, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
May 15, 4:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	52 min
May 15, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	44 min
May 15, 5:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	47 min
May 15, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	37 min
May 15, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	44 min
May 15, 6:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Volusia	23 min
May 15, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		94 min
May 15, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	37 min
May 15, 7:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Volusia	37 min
May 15, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	37 min
May 15, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	45 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.