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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 2012, 5:02 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 43 min. 2 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, 5:02 PM EST (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 5:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sse Edgewater, FL | ROOFTOPS BLOWN OFF HOMES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Dec 10, 5:30 PM EST | TORNADO | 4 Sse Edgewater, FL | NWS DAMAGE SURVEY STILL UNDERWAY. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS INDICATE A HIGH END EF-1 TORNADO OCCURED AT APPROXIMATELY 530 PM, WITH ESTIMATED WINDS OF 95-110 MPH. PATH LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE, WIDTH APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS. DAMAGE FOCUSED IN TERRA MAR VILLAGE AN |
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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
758
WFUS52 KMLB 102202
TORMLB
FLC127-102245-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0028.121210T2202Z-121210T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
502 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...PONCE INLET...
OSTEEN...MAYTOWN...EDGEWATER...
* UNTIL 545 PM EST.
* AT 500 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FARMTON
OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAYTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BETHUNE BEACH
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 AS SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES!
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.
IT IS VERY RISKY TO REMAIN IN A MOBILE HOME DURING A TORNADO. MOBILE
HOMES OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION AGAINST TORNADO WINDS EVEN IF THEY ARE
TIED DOWN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO AND ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME...ABANDON IT FOR SAFE SHELTER. QUICKLY MOVE TO THE NEAREST
STURDY BUILDING AND GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. PUT
AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOU AND THE TORNADO AS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2910 8092 2907 8092 2907 8090 2892 8081
2879 8095 2879 8097 2877 8097 2872 8103
2875 8106 2879 8106 2882 8107 2883 8111
2880 8113 2884 8118 2912 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 221DEG 21KT 2885 8104
$$
CRISTALDI1 follow-up statement
990
WWUS52 KMLB 102248
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
548 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012
FLC127-102255-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121210T2245Z/
VOLUSIA-
548 PM EST MON DEC 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADIC STORMS ARE EXITING INTO THE ATLANTIC OFF THE VOLUSIA
COUNTY COAST. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS OF VOLUSIA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE INTRACOASTAL
WATERWAY...BETWEEN FLAGLER BEACH AND OAK HILL THROUGH 715 PM.
LAT...LON 2910 8092 2907 8092 2907 8090 2892 8081
2879 8095 2879 8097 2877 8097 2872 8103
2875 8106 2879 8106 2882 8107 2883 8111
2880 8113 2884 8118 2912 8095
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 221DEG 21KT 2885 8103
$$
BRAGAWThe 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, 4:28 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, 5:08 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.