Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT for Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 22 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
- May 28, 2012, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
488
WFUS52 KMLB 281908
TORMLB
FLC111-281930-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.120528T1908Z-120528T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
308 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT...
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT.
* AT 302 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR INDIAN
RIVER ESTATES...OR NEAR WALTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FREDERICK DOUGLASS PARK.
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 2732 8024 2734 8026 2732 8025 2728 8034
2740 8030 2740 8029 2735 8027 2739 8027
2740 8028 2743 8029 2745 8028 2745 8027
2733 8022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 184DEG 8KT 2732 8031
$$
SEDLOCK2 follow-up statements
868
WWUS52 KMLB 281921
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
321 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
FLC111-281930-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120528T1930Z/
ST. LUCIE-
321 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ST. LUCIE COUNTY...
AT 316 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR
PLANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 2732 8024 2734 8026 2732 8025 2728 8034
2740 8030 2740 8029 2735 8027 2739 8027
2740 8028 2743 8029 2745 8028 2745 8027
2733 8022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 244DEG 14KT 2734 8023
$$
SEDLOCK486
WWUS52 KMLB 281928
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
328 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
FLC111-281938-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120528T1930Z/
ST. LUCIE-
328 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ST. LUCIE COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 330 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED
THE WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2732 8024 2734 8026 2732 8025 2728 8034
2740 8030 2740 8029 2735 8027 2739 8027
2740 8028 2743 8029 2745 8028 2745 8027
2733 8022
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 244DEG 14KT 2735 8020
$$
SEDLOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Saint Lucie | 119 min |
| May 28, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 43 min |
| May 28, 11:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 111 min | |
| May 28, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 44 min |
| May 28, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 47 min |
| May 28, 12:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 48 min |
| May 28, 1:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 113 min | |
| May 28, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 48 min |
| May 28, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 49 min |
| May 28, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 111 min | |
| May 28, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 41 min |
| May 28, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 46 min |
| May 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.