Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2012, 7:08 PM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. 5 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
- May 15, 2012, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mims, FL | TREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 46. BRIEFLY CAUSED ROAD CLOSURE. DELAYED REPORT FROM BREVARD COUNTY EM DIRECTOR. |
| May 15, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lagrange, FL | TREE BLOWN DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF WESTWOOD DRIVE AND BRYN MAWR DRIVE. BRIEFLY BLOCKED THE ROAD. |
| May 15, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 1 Sse Scottsmoor, FL | USAF 54 FT WIND TOWER NUMBER 819 MEASURED WIND GUST OF 54 KT/62 MPH |
| May 15, 7:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Scottsmoor, FL | TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, DIME SIZED HAIL, WIND GUST FROM WNW ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 70 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM 7 TO 720 PM. MUCH DEBRIS ON THE GROUND AND TOPS OF SEVERAL LARGE CEDAR TREES IN MY YARD WERE BLOWN DOWN. |
| May 15, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 6 Nnw Port Saint John, FL | 60 MPH GUST MEASURE FROM HOME WEATHER STATION. ALSO HAD PENNY SIZED HAIL AT TIME. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
080
WFUS52 KMLB 152308
TORMLB
FLC009-127-152345-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.120515T2308Z-120515T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
708 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TITUSVILLE...SCOTTSMOOR...PLAYALINDA
BEACH...MIMS...HAULOVER CANAL...
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
SCOTTSMOOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KLONDIKE BEACH AND MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE
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 2858 8073 2860 8074 2860 8076 2862 8079
2860 8080 2858 8079 2856 8079 2853 8085
2878 8099 2889 8080 2876 8071 2877 8070
2874 8069 2863 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 312DEG 22KT 2873 8086
$$
WEITLICH2 follow-up statements
573
WWUS52 KMLB 152320
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
FLC127-152329-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120515T2345Z/
VOLUSIA-
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 2858 8072 2862 8079 2856 8079 2853 8085
2878 8096 2880 8089 2879 8078 2871 8071
2868 8067 2871 8070 2874 8071 2876 8074
2879 8075 2879 8073 2863 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 321DEG 16KT 2869 8082
$$
FLC009-152345-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120515T2345Z/
BREVARD-
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY...
AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TURNBULL...OR NEAR
MIMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE...KLONDIKE BEACH...TITUSVILLE...MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE
REFUGE AND PLAYALINDA BEACH
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 2858 8072 2862 8079 2856 8079 2853 8085
2878 8096 2880 8089 2879 8078 2871 8071
2868 8067 2871 8070 2874 8071 2876 8074
2879 8075 2879 8073 2863 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 321DEG 16KT 2869 8082
$$
WEITLICH839
WWUS52 KMLB 152344
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
744 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
FLC009-152354-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120515T2345Z/
BREVARD-
744 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED
AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 2858 8072 2862 8079 2856 8079 2853 8085
2878 8096 2880 8089 2879 8078 2871 8071
2868 8067 2871 8070 2874 8071 2876 8074
2879 8075 2879 8073 2863 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 309DEG 17KT 2862 8071
$$
WEITLICHThe 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, 6:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 36 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, 7:23 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.