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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2012, 4:28 PM EST for Seminole County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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
- Dec 10, 2012, 4:28 PM EST (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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.
849 WFUS52 KMLB 102128 TORMLB FLC117-127-102215- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0025.121210T2128Z-121210T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 428 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OVIEDO...GENEVA... SOUTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MAYTOWN... * UNTIL 515 PM EST. * AT 424 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST OVIEDO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALM SHADOWS...MULLET LAKE PARK...LAKE HARNEY AND FARMTON. 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 2883 8091 2863 8117 2867 8125 2889 8108 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 223DEG 21KT 2869 8119 $$ BRAGAW
1 follow-up statement
665 WWUS52 KMLB 102137 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 437 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 FLC117-127-102215- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-121210T2215Z/ SEMINOLE-VOLUSIA- 437 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VOLUSIA AND EASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES... AT 430 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER WEST OVIEDO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN GENEVA AND LAKE JESSUP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PALM SHADOWS...MULLET LAKE PARK...LAKE HARNEY...FARMTON AND MAYTOWN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && LAT...LON 2883 8091 2863 8117 2867 8125 2889 8108 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 223DEG 21KT 2872 8115 $$ BRAGAW
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, 4:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.