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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 24, 2013Lake County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2013, 2:14 PM EDT for Lake County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 31 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2013, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2013, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 24, 2:20 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Lake Louisa, FL	QUARTER SIZE HAIL, POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN, ONE FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN AT BACK ENTRANCE TO LAKE LOUSIA STATE PARK. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Mar 24, 2:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 Nw Bay Lake, FL	WEATHERFLOW SITE XRDY MEASURED WIND GUST OF 52KT/ 60 MPH FROM 305 DEGREES.
Mar 24, 2:28 PM EDT	HAIL 0.7	Ocoee, FL	SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN OCOEE.
Mar 24, 2:29 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 86	5 Ne Lake Buena Vista, FL	MEASURED WIND GUST OF 86 MPH FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST IN THE DOCTOR PHILLIPS AREA.
Mar 24, 2:36 PM EDT	HAIL 0.7	3 Se Ocoee, FL	SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR INTERSECTION OF WINTER GARDEN RD AND APOPKA VINELAND RD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 763 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 413 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

503 
WFUS52 KMLB 241814
TORMLB
FLC069-095-241845-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0003.130324T1814Z-130324T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
214 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FERNDALE...
  WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTER GARDEN...WINDERMERE...PINE
  HILLS...OCOEE...OAK RIDGE...LAKE APOPKA...APOPKA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT.

* AT 213 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE
  LOUISA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROVELAND...MOVING EAST AT 55
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  OAKLAND...HORIZON WEST...BAY HILL...DOCTOR PHILLIPS...UNIVERSAL
  STUDIOS...WET N WILD WATER PARK AND ORLOVISTA

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 2871 8148 2843 8140 2835 8179 2836 8180
      2855 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 264DEG 60KT 2847 8172

$$

SPRATT

1 follow-up statement

569 
WWUS52 KMLB 241823
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
223 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

FLC069-095-241845-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130324T1845Z/
ORANGE-LAKE-
223 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAKE AND WESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS APPROACHING THE WINDERMERE AREA 
SOUTH OF WINTER GARDEN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
OCOEE...BAY HILL...APOPKA...DOCTOR PHILLIPS...CLARCONA...UNIVERSAL
STUDIOS...WET N WILD WATER PARK...ORLOVISTA...PINE HILLS...TANGELO 
PARK AND OAK RIDGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.

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 2871 8148 2843 8140 2835 8179 2836 8180
      2855 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 267DEG 50KT 2847 8159

$$

DWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 4:50 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	MLB	Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	15 hr
Mar 24, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange	33 min
Mar 24, 2:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	31 min
Mar 24, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola, Seminole	55 min
Mar 24, 2:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange	26 min
Mar 24, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Mar 24, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	57 min
Mar 24, 3:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	27 min
Mar 24, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	65 min
Mar 24, 3:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Mar 24, 5:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	53 min
Mar 24, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	50 min
Mar 24, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Mar 24, 6:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.