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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2014, 2:19 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
- Feb 23, 2014, 2:19 PM EST (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2014, 2:45 PM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -259 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
805
WFUS52 KMLB 231919
TORMLB
FLC127-231945-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.140223T1919Z-140223T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
219 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EST.
* AT 217 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LAKE
GEORGE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF SALT SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SEVILLE AND BAKERSTOWN.
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 2927 8141 2921 8162 2927 8164 2928 8165
2929 8165 2930 8167 2932 8169 2934 8166
2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 255DEG 29KT 2932 8159
$$
KELLY2 follow-up statements
122
WWUS52 KMLB 231929
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
229 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
FLC127-231945-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140223T1945Z/
VOLUSIA-
229 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 227 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEVILLE...OR NEAR
PIERSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. RADAR SHOWS STRONG INDICATIONS OF A
TORNADO!
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 2927 8141 2923 8157 2930 8160 2935 8162
2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 265DEG 32KT 2929 8146
$$
KELLY296
WWUS52 KMLB 231940
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
240 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
FLC127-231949-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140223T1945Z/
VOLUSIA-
240 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
245 PM EST...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED THE WARNING
AREA...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 2927 8141 2923 8157 2930 8160 2935 8162
2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 265DEG 32KT 2930 8135
$$
KELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 5:42 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | MLB | Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 4 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 34 min |
| Feb 23, 2:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 44 min |
| Feb 23, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 60 min |
| Feb 23, 2:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 63 min |
| Feb 23, 3:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 56 min | |
| Feb 23, 3:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole | 54 min |
| Feb 23, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 49 min |
| Feb 23, 3:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 29 min |
| Feb 23, 3:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole | 43 min |
| Feb 23, 4:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 66 min |
| Feb 23, 4:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 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.