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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2013, 6:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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
- Apr 14, 2013, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2013, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 6:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Ne Altamonte Springs, FL | A STORM SPOTTER REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL IN LONGWOOD OFF OF LAKE MARY ROAD AT 645PM LOCAL. |
| Apr 14, 6:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 5 Ene Altamonte Springs, FL | A STORM SPOTTER IN CASSELBERRY LOCATED BETWEEN STATE ROADS 17-92 AND 434 REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT 645PM LOCAL. |
| Apr 14, 6:55 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 S Sanford, FL | A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY-SIZED HAIL SOUTH OF SANFORD AT 655PM LOCAL. |
| Apr 14, 7:45 PM EDT | HAIL 0.25 | Winter Springs, FL | A HAM OPERATOR REPORTED PEA-SIZED HAIL NEAR THE CORNER OF RED BUG LAKE ROAD AND TUSKAWILLA ROAD IN WINTER SPRINGS AT 745 PM LOCAL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 846 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
167
WFUS52 KMLB 142243
TORMLB
FLC009-095-117-127-142345-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0010.130414T2243Z-130414T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
643 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SCOTTSMOOR...
CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER PARK...UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA...MAITLAND...GOLDENROD...
SEMINOLE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER SPRINGS...SANFORD...OVIEDO...
LONGWOOD...LAKE MARY...LAKE JESSUP...GENEVA...CHULUOTA...
CASSELBERRY...
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 641 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WINTER
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SANFORD AIRPORT...MIDWAY...OSTEEN AND MAYTOWN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 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 2905 8099 2878 8083 2870 8083 2853 8135
2878 8141
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 245DEG 22KT 2869 8128
$$
MOSES2 follow-up statements
228
WWUS52 KMLB 142314
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
714 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013
FLC095-142323-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130414T2345Z/
ORANGE-
714 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2905 8099 2878 8083 2876 8084 2870 8083
2861 8110 2861 8125 2893 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 269DEG 20KT 2867 8108
$$
FLC009-117-127-142345-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130414T2345Z/
SEMINOLE-VOLUSIA-BREVARD-
714 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN BREVARD...SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA AND EASTERN SEMINOLE
COUNTIES...
AT 709 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHULUOTA...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FARMTON...LAKE HARNEY...MAYTOWN...AURANTIA...TURNBULL AND SCOTTSMOOR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2905 8099 2878 8083 2876 8084 2870 8083
2861 8110 2861 8125 2893 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 269DEG 20KT 2867 8108
$$
MOSES200
WWUS52 KMLB 142324
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
724 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013
FLC009-117-127-142334-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130414T2345Z/
SEMINOLE-VOLUSIA-BREVARD-
724 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BREVARD...
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA AND EASTERN SEMINOLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED
AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE
WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2905 8099 2878 8083 2876 8084 2870 8083
2861 8110 2861 8125 2893 8117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 269DEG 20KT 2867 8101
$$
MOSESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Brevard | 109 min |
| Apr 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 95 min |
| Apr 14, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 89 min | |
| Apr 14, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 82 min |
| Apr 14, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 67 min |
| Apr 14, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 66 min |
| Apr 14, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 39 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.