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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2013, 7:30 AM EDT for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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, 7:30 AM EDT (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 8:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
391
WFUS52 KMLB 061130
TORMLB
FLC085-061215-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0017.130606T1130Z-130606T1215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
730 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PORT SALERNO...PALM CITY...JUPITER
ISLAND...HOBE SOUND...
* UNTIL 815 AM EDT.
* AT 728 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JONATHAN
DICKINSON STATE PARK...OR NEAR JUPITER...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
ANOTHER AREA OF ROTATION WAS JUST SOUTH OF MARTIN COUNTY IN
NORTHEAST PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS AREA OF ROTATION WAS ALSO MOVING
NORTHWARD TOWARDS MARTIN COUNTY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOBE
SOUND BEACH
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 2696 8028 2717 8035 2718 8015 2716 8015
2703 8009 2697 8007 2697 8014 2695 8015
2695 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1129Z 163DEG 16KT 2697 8017
$$
SEDLOCK3 follow-up statements
490
WWUS52 KMLB 061143
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
743 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
FLC085-061215-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130606T1215Z/
MARTIN-
743 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
MARTIN COUNTY...
AT 741 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JONATHAN DICKINSON
STATE PARK...OR NEAR JUPITER...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS
CIRCULATION RECENTLY MOVED NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY FROM
PALM BEACH COUNTY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO JUPITER
ISLAND...HOBE SOUND BEACH...HOBE SOUND...HOBE SOUND WILDLIFE
REFUGE...PORT SALERNO AND PALM CITY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2696 8028 2717 8035 2718 8015 2716 8015
2703 8009 2697 8007 2697 8014 2695 8015
2695 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1143Z 180DEG 19KT 2697 8013
$$
SEDLOCK847
WWUS52 KMLB 061159
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
759 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
FLC085-061215-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130606T1215Z/
MARTIN-
759 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
MARTIN COUNTY...
AT 757 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOBE SOUND...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORT
SALERNO AND PALM CITY
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 2696 8028 2717 8035 2718 8015 2716 8015
2703 8009 2697 8007 2697 8014 2695 8015
2695 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1159Z 168DEG 30KT 2709 8015
$$
SEDLOCK200
WWUS52 KMLB 061209
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
809 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
FLC085-061219-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130606T1215Z/
MARTIN-
809 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815
AM EDT...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED
THE WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE
MAIN AREA OF CIRCULATION HAS MOVED OFF OF THE COAST AND INTO THE
NEAR SHORE WATERS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2696 8028 2717 8035 2718 8015 2716 8015
2703 8009 2697 8007 2697 8014 2695 8015
2695 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1209Z 168DEG 30KT 2717 8017
$$
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, 7:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 30 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.