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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2013, 12:46 PM EDT for Okeechobee County, Florida. It was in force for 44 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, 12:46 PM EDT (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2013, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Okeechobee County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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, 10:43 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
691
WFUS52 KMLB 061646
TORMLB
FLC093-061730-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0020.130606T1646Z-130606T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1246 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OKEECHOBEE...FORT DRUM...BASINGER...
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT.
* AT 1239 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
BASINGER...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER ROTATING CELL WAS
LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF BRIGHTON IN GLADES COUNTY AND WILL EVENTUALLY
MOVE INTO OKEECHOBEE COUNTY.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
KISSIMMEE PRAIRIE PRESERVE
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 ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2721 8095 2723 8099 2726 8101 2729 8100
2730 8102 2733 8105 2736 8104 2738 8107
2738 8109 2764 8103 2764 8078 2754 8078
2718 8084 2715 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 202DEG 34KT 2734 8098
$$
SEDLOCK2 follow-up statements
076
WWUS52 KMLB 061709
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
109 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
FLC093-061730-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130606T1730Z/
OKEECHOBEE-
109 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY...
AT 104 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OKEECHOBEE...MOVING
NORTH AT 40 MPH. THERE ARE ACTUALLY MULTIPLE CELLS IN OKEECHOBEE
COUNTY EXHIBITING ROTATION AT PRESENT. ONE WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF
WHISPERING PINES...ANOTHER OVER BASINGER AND YET ANOTHER OVER
KISSIMMEE PRAIRIE PRESERVE.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BASSWOOD ESTATES...COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES AND FORT DRUM
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2721 8095 2723 8099 2726 8101 2729 8100
2730 8102 2733 8105 2736 8104 2738 8107
2738 8109 2764 8103 2764 8078 2754 8078
2718 8084 2715 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1707Z 194DEG 43KT 2723 8094
$$
SEDLOCK981
WWUS52 KMLB 061728
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
128 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
FLC093-061739-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130606T1730Z/
OKEECHOBEE-
128 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OKEECHOBEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM
EDT...
THE SEVERE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2721 8095 2723 8099 2726 8101 2729 8100
2730 8102 2733 8105 2736 8104 2738 8107
2738 8109 2764 8103 2764 8078 2754 8078
2718 8084 2715 8087
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 194DEG 43KT 2749 8087
$$
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, 7:30 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, 12:54 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.