Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT for Indian River County, Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 27, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2012, 12:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Indian River County, FL, Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
607
WFUS52 KMLB 271615
TORMLB
FLC061-085-111-271700-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0023.120827T1615Z-120827T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1215 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
NORTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
EASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR INDIAN
RIVER ESTATES...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER DEVELOPING
CIRCULATION WAS DETECTED NEAR STUART.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FORT PIERCE..SAINT LUCIE VILLAGE...QUEENS COVE...LAKEWOOD
PARK...VERO BEACH HIGHLANDS...SOUTH BEACH...POINTE WEST AND VERO
LAKE ESTATES
TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE OFTEN WRAPPED IN
HEAVY RAIN AND ARE HARD TO SEE OR HEAR UNTIL THEY ARE VERY CLOSE. DO
NOT GET CAUGHT OFFGUARD!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR
CLOSET AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR
BODY.
STORMS WITHIN DOMINANT RAINBANDS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES VERY QUICKLY!
OFTEN...IN SITUATIONS SUCH AS THIS...MORE THAN ONE TORNADO IS
PRODUCED. BE PREPARED FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF MULTIPLE TORNADOES MOVING
THROUGH THE RAINBAND!
&&
LAT...LON 2711 8015 2712 8037 2781 8056 2782 8045
2783 8042 2723 8018 2724 8017 2720 8017
2720 8019 2718 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1613Z 170DEG 23KT 2738 8034
$$
152 follow-up statements
295
WWUS52 KMLB 271639
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1239 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012
FLC085-271645-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120827T1700Z/
MARTIN-
1239 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
STORMS WITH STRONG ROTATION HAVE MOVED NORTH OF MARTIN COUNTY. THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2726 8022 2728 8023 2727 8023 2727 8039
2778 8048 2779 8040 2761 8034 2762 8033
2749 8029 2732 8022 2733 8022 2732 8022
2726 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 170DEG 23KT 2752 8037
$$
FLC061-111-271700-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120827T1700Z/
ST. LUCIE-INDIAN RIVER-
1239 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
INDIAN RIVER AND EASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTIES...
AT 1235 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ROTATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. THIS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR VERO BEACH HIGHLANDS NORTH AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAKEWOOD PARK...VERO BEACH...ORCHID...WINTER BEACH...WABASSO
BEACH...WABASSO BEACH PARK...WABASSO...INDIAN RIVER SHORES AND
GIFFORD.
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.
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 2726 8022 2728 8023 2727 8023 2727 8039
2778 8048 2779 8040 2761 8034 2762 8033
2749 8029 2732 8022 2733 8022 2732 8022
2726 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 170DEG 23KT 2752 8037
$$
15644
WWUS52 KMLB 271650
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1250 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012
FLC061-111-271657-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120827T1700Z/
ST. LUCIE-INDIAN RIVER-
1250 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN INDIAN RIVER AND EASTERN ST. LUCIE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STRONG ROTATION WITH STORMS ACROSS INDIAN RIVER AND ST. LUCIE
HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN INDIAN RIVER AND ST.
LUCIE COUNTIES INTO MID AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF RURAL AND URBAN AREAS AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 2726 8022 2728 8023 2727 8023 2727 8039
2778 8048 2779 8040 2761 8034 2762 8033
2749 8029 2732 8022 2733 8022 2732 8022
2726 8020
TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 170DEG 23KT 2760 8039
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 57 min | |
| Aug 26, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 21 min |
| Aug 26, 10:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 11:31 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 20 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:31 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MLB | 20 hr | |
| Aug 26, 11:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 80 min |
| Aug 27, 12:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 12:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 1:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 1:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 1:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 2:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 2:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 3:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 4:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 48 min |
| Aug 27, 7:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola and 1 more | 114 min |
| Aug 27, 7:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 9:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 10:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 111 min | |
| Aug 27, 10:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Osceola | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 64 min |
| Aug 27, 10:31 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 10:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 113 min |
| Aug 27, 11:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 80 min | |
| Aug 27, 12:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 12:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 22 min |
| Aug 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 4:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 2 hr |
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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.