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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT for Volusia 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
- May 15, 2014, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 706 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964
WFUS52 KMLB 151900
TORMLB
FLC127-151945-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0012.140515T1900Z-140515T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
300 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAK HILL...NEW SMYRNA BEACH...
EDGEWATER...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST
OF FARMTON OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGEWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FARMTON...EDGEWATER AND NEW SMYRNA BEACH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2910 8092 2908 8093 2907 8090 2904 8088
2903 8089 2890 8079 2889 8080 2882 8109
2883 8110 2887 8113 2910 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 238DEG 9KT 2885 8107
$$
152 follow-up statements
926
WWUS52 KMLB 151913
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
313 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
FLC127-151945-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140515T1945Z/
VOLUSIA-
313 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION 3 MILES EAST OF FARMTON AND 5 MILES WEST OF
NEW SMYRNA BEACH WITH ANOTHER STORM IN THE TORNADO WARNING AREA.
THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
SMYRNA BEACH...NEW SMYRNA BEACH
AIRPORT...ELDORA...EDGEWATER...BETHUNE BEACH AND APOLLO BEACH
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE SHELTER NOW IN A STRUDY STRUCTURE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA
COUNTY.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 2910 8092 2908 8093 2907 8090 2904 8088
2903 8089 2890 8079 2889 8080 2882 8109
2883 8110 2887 8113 2910 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 238DEG 9KT 2886 8104
$$
15887
WWUS52 KMLB 151945
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
345 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
FLC127-151955-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140515T1945Z/
VOLUSIA-
345 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD PUSHED INTO THE
ATLANTIC AND EXITED THE WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2910 8092 2908 8093 2907 8090 2904 8088
2903 8089 2890 8079 2889 8080 2882 8109
2883 8110 2887 8113 2910 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 238DEG 9KT 2886 8103
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 55 min | |
| May 15, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 35 min |
| May 15, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 38 min |
| May 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 56 min |
| May 15, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 37 min |
| May 15, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 118 min | |
| May 15, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 54 min |
| May 15, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 85 min | |
| May 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 53 min |
| May 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 48 min |
| May 15, 4:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 26 min |
| May 15, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 45 min |
| May 15, 5:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 110 min |
| May 15, 6:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Brevard | 2 hr |
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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.