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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2012, 4:13 PM EST for Lake County, Orange County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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
- Dec 10, 2012, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:30 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Apopka, FL | LOCATION OF FUNNEL ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Dec 10, 4:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Plymouth, FL | TOP OF TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Dec 10, 4:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Wsw Apopka, FL | PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO NORTH OF LAKE APOPKA AND PICTURES VIA PUBLIC AND MEDIA APPEAR TO CONFIRM WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE APOPKA. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943 WFUS52 KMLB 102113 TORMLB FLC069-095-117-102200- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0024.121210T2113Z-121210T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 413 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOUNT PLYMOUTH...FERNDALE... NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ZELLWOOD...LAKE APOPKA...APOPKA... NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEKIVA SPRINGS...LAKE MARY... * UNTIL 500 PM EST. * AT 410 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE APOPKA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK AND ROCK SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 2892 8154 2876 8132 2856 8160 2863 8172 TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 228DEG 24KT 2865 8164 $$ BRAGAW
2 follow-up statements
228 WWUS52 KMLB 102130 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 430 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 FLC069-095-117-102200- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121210T2200Z/ SEMINOLE-ORANGE-LAKE- 430 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL LAKE...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE AND NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES... AT 424 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER APOPKA...NEAR ZELLWOOD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK...ROCK SPRINGS...MOUNT PLYMOUTH...WEKIVA SPRINGS AND LAKE MARY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && LAT...LON 2892 8154 2876 8132 2856 8160 2863 8172 TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 228DEG 24KT 2873 8154 $$ BRAGAW
018 WWUS52 KMLB 102159 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 459 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 FLC069-095-117-102206- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-121210T2200Z/ SEMINOLE-ORANGE-LAKE- 459 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAKE...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE AND NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM EST... ROTATION WITHIN THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS EXITING THE WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THIS STORM WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED AS IT MOVES THROUGH NORTHERN SEMINOLE AND SOUTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY AS IT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD AND TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AROUND THE APOPKA AREA. A TORNADO WARNING MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED WITH SHORT NOTICE IF ROTATION RESTRENGTHENS IN THIS STORM. LAT...LON 2892 8154 2876 8132 2856 8160 2863 8172 TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 228DEG 24KT 2880 8139 $$ CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 52 min |
| Dec 10, 3:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 3:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 55 min |
| Dec 10, 4:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 47 min |
| Dec 10, 4:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 46 min |
| Dec 10, 4:33 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 117 min | |
| Dec 10, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 48 min |
| Dec 10, 4:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 46 min |
| Dec 10, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 43 min |
| Dec 10, 5:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 37 min |
| Dec 10, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 21 min |
| Dec 10, 5:23 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 112 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.