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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 6, 2013Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2013, 2:32 PM EDT for Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 13 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, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2013, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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, 10:43 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 153 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2013-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

701 
WFUS52 KMLB 061832
TORMLB
FLC111-061845-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0024.130606T1832Z-130606T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
232 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...INDRIO...FORT PIERCE...FORT PIERCE
  INLET...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.

* AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FORT PIERCE
  NORTH...OR ABOUT NEAR FORT PIERCE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  QUEENS COVE

THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! ACT NOW AS SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES!

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.

THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2741 8028 2743 8030 2745 8031 2744 8031
      2740 8029 2738 8031 2749 8047 2756 8041
      2756 8031 2747 8028 2742 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 217DEG 29KT 2751 8033

$$
1 follow-up statement
938 
WWUS52 KMLB 061840
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
240 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

FLC111-061849-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-130606T1845Z/
ST. LUCIE-
240 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IS NO 
LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OFFSHORE INTO
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2741 8028 2743 8030 2745 8031 2744 8031
      2740 8029 2738 8031 2749 8047 2756 8041
      2756 8031 2747 8028 2742 8027
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 217DEG 29KT 2755 8029

$$

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, 7:00 AM EDTTornado WarningMLBMartin30 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, 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.