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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 6, 2013Martin County, Florida

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 3:42 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1865 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$



BRAGAW
1 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

$$

SEDLOCK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 4:10 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia16 hr
Jun 6, 6:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola44 min
Jun 6, 6:40 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOsceola35 min
Jun 6, 7:30 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBMartin45 min
Jun 6, 7:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB88 min
Jun 6, 7:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River35 min
Jun 6, 7:41 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River34 min
Jun 6, 8:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard56 min
Jun 6, 9:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB88 min
Jun 6, 9:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin38 min
Jun 6, 9:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBMartin117 min
Jun 6, 10:18 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBOkeechobee, Osceola27 min
Jun 6, 10:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB118 min
Jun 6, 11:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOrange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia109 min
Jun 6, 12:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie44 min
Jun 6, 12:28 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Seminole, Volusia47 min
Jun 6, 12:46 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOkeechobee44 min
Jun 6, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Jun 6, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin31 min
Jun 6, 1:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola30 min
Jun 6, 1:27 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBMartin, Saint Lucie48 min
Jun 6, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB92 min
Jun 6, 2:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBIndian River30 min
Jun 6, 2:32 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBSaint Lucie13 min
Jun 6, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Jun 6, 3:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBOkeechobee115 min
Jun 6, 3:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBIndian River, Martin, Saint Lucie4 hr
Jun 6, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB86 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.