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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Melbourne, FL

November 25, 2014Orange County, Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 25, 2014, 9:47 AM EST for Orange County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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: Nov 25, 2014, 9:47 AM EST (14:47 UTC)
Expired: Nov 25, 2014, 10:16 AM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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: 1213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

675 
WFUS52 KMLB 251447
TORMLB
FLC095-097-251530-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0015.141125T1447Z-141125T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
947 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY LAKE...
  NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...KISSIMMEE...INTERCESSION CITY...
  CELEBRATION...

* UNTIL 1030 AM EST.

* AT 947 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SEA
  WORLD...OR ABOUT NEAR CELEBRATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DOCTOR PHILLIPS...WET N WILD WATER PARK AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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!

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 2849 8147 2839 8131 2822 8146 2834 8161
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 221DEG 21KT 2835 8146

$$

JP

2 follow-up statements

023 
WWUS52 KMLB 251458
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
958 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

FLC097-251507-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141125T1530Z/
OSCEOLA-
958 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 2846 8143 2841 8133 2840 8132 2835 8139
      2839 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 221DEG 21KT 2839 8142

$$

FLC095-251530-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141125T1530Z/
ORANGE-
958 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY...

AT 956 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 
ALONG 417...OR NEAR BUENA VENTURA LAKES...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 
25 MPH.

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 2846 8143 2841 8133 2840 8132 2835 8139
      2839 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 221DEG 21KT 2839 8142

$$

JP

105 
WWUS52 KMLB 251516
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1016 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

FLC095-251525-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-141125T1530Z/
ORANGE-
1016 AM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND EXITED 
THE WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG WIND 
GUSTS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OVER CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH 11 
AM.  

LAT...LON 2846 8143 2841 8133 2840 8132 2835 8139
      2839 8151
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 221DEG 21KT 2847 8134

$$

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 25, 4:48 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		4 days
Nov 25, 6:29 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Volusia	91 min
Nov 25, 9:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	45 min
Nov 25, 10:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole	44 min
Nov 25, 10:41 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	49 min
Nov 25, 11:21 AM EST	Flood Watch	MLB	Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	25 hr
Nov 25, 11:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	3 hr
Nov 25, 1:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	3 hr
Nov 25, 3:06 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	39 min
Nov 25, 3:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Seminole	25 min
Nov 25, 4:10 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	80 min
Nov 25, 4:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	34 min
Nov 25, 4:37 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		53 min
Nov 25, 4:50 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	4 hr
Nov 25, 5:13 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Nov 25, 5:37 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	4 hr
Nov 25, 5:51 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake	3 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.