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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2013, 6:57 PM EDT for Lake County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
- Apr 30, 2013, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Mount Dora, FL | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED HUGE ESTIMATED 3 FT DIAMETER OAK TREE BLEW DOWN AND DAMAGED FENCE IN YARD. DIME SIZE HAIL OBSERVED. |
| Apr 30, 7:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Se Eustis, FL | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 30, 7:15 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 6 S Eustis, FL | SKYWARN SPOTTER IN TAVARES REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL. |
| Apr 30, 7:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Mount Dora, FL | NWS GROUND SURVEY INDICATED A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED LINE OF STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE. NUMEROUS OAK TREES AND LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH OCCURRED. |
| Apr 30, 7:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Mount Dora, FL | OAK TREES UPROOTED AND DOWN, LARGE LIMBS, POWERLINES AND WOODEN FENCE BLOWN DOWN OVER WIDE AREA NEAR INTERSECTION OF DORA DRIVE AND SADLER RD. IN ZELLWOOD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 495 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WFUS52 KMLB 302257 TORMLB FLC069-095-302330- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0014.130430T2257Z-130430T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 657 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TAVARES...MOUNT DORA... NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ZELLWOOD... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT. * AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TAVARES AND LAKE DORA MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THIS STORM LIKELY CONTAINS LARGE HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND STRONG WINDS. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TANGERINE. 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 2877 8151 2866 8170 2882 8175 2885 8169 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 322DEG 6KT 2880 8171 $$ SEDLOCK
2 follow-up statements
454 WWUS52 KMLB 302315 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 715 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2013 FLC069-095-302330- /O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-130430T2330Z/ ORANGE-LAKE- 715 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAKE AND NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES... AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TANGERINE...OR NEAR MOUNT DORA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ZELLWOOD. A SPOTTER HAS RECENTLY REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN MOUNT DORA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && LAT...LON 2880 8165 2877 8151 2866 8170 2876 8173 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 322DEG 6KT 2876 8167 $$ SEDLOCK
253 WWUS52 KMLB 302328 SVSMLB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 728 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2013 FLC069-095-302338- /O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-130430T2330Z/ ORANGE-LAKE- 728 PM EDT TUE APR 30 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LAKE AND NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM EDT... THE SEVERE STORM AND TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO COVER THIS. LAT...LON 2880 8165 2877 8151 2866 8170 2876 8173 TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 322DEG 6KT 2874 8165 $$ SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 63 min | |
| Apr 29, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 61 min |
| Apr 29, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 83 min | |
| Apr 30, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 61 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.