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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 23, 2014Volusia County, Florida

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jacksonville, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$


KELLY
2 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

$$


KELLY
296 
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

$$





KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 5:42 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryMLBOkeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole4 hr
Feb 23, 2:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler34 min
Feb 23, 2:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia44 min
Feb 23, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia60 min
Feb 23, 2:57 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia63 min
Feb 23, 3:04 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB56 min
Feb 23, 3:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole54 min
Feb 23, 3:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia49 min
Feb 23, 3:46 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia29 min
Feb 23, 3:47 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole43 min
Feb 23, 4:09 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia66 min
Feb 23, 4:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 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.