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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 6, 2013, 7:00 AM EDT (11:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 7:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:42 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 1865 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
104
WFUS52 KMLB 061100
TORMLB
FLC085-061130-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0016.130606T1100Z-130606T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
700 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HOBE SOUND...
* UNTIL 730 AM EDT.
* AT 657 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF JUPITER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOBE
SOUND WILDLIFE REFUGE. THIS CELL IS EXPECTED TO PASS OVER INTERSTATE
95 IN THE VICINITY OF STATE ROAD 76 AROUND 730 AM.
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 2695 8019 2696 8032 2714 8037 2715 8015
2698 8009 2697 8010 2697 8014 2695 8015
2695 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1058Z 182DEG 23KT 2686 8025
$$
BRAGAW1 follow-up statement
583
WWUS52 KMLB 061119
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
719 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
FLC085-061130-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-130606T1130Z/
MARTIN-
719 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
AT 718 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF JONATHAN
DICKINSON STATE PARK...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOBE SOUND...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORT
SALERNO AND HOBE SOUND WILDLIFE REFUGE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2695 8019 2696 8032 2714 8037 2715 8015
2698 8009 2697 8010 2697 8014 2695 8015
2695 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1119Z 182DEG 23KT 2699 8022
$$
SEDLOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:10 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 16 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 6:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 7:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 7:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 min | |
| Jun 6, 7:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 7:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 8:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 9:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 88 min | |
| Jun 6, 9:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 9:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin | 117 min |
| Jun 6, 10:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 10:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 118 min | |
| Jun 6, 11:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 109 min |
| Jun 6, 12:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 12:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 1:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 92 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 13 min |
| Jun 6, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Okeechobee | 115 min |
| Jun 6, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 86 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.