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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 23, 2014Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2014, 2:57 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 63 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, 2:57 PM EST (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

851 
WFUS52 KMLB 231957
TORMLB
FLC127-232100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0003.140223T1957Z-140223T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
257 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ORMOND BY THE SEA...ORMOND BEACH...  
  HOLLY HILL...DAYTONA BEACH...

* UNTIL 400 PM EST.

* AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF
  ORMOND BEACH AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF ORMOND BEACH...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO      
  ORMOND BEACH...DAYTONA BEACH AND DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY.

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 2918 8097 2916 8097 2923 8131 2927 8130
      2927 8116 2935 8116 2936 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 271DEG 30KT 2927 8120

$$


KELLY
2 follow-up statements
077 
WWUS52 KMLB 232012
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
312 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

FLC127-232100-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140223T2100Z/
VOLUSIA-
312 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR 
NORTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 306 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ORMOND BEACH... 
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAYTONA
BEACH...HOLLY HILL...DAYTONA BEACH SHORES...DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL 
SPEEDWAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.

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 2918 8097 2916 8097 2920 8117 2925 8117
      2927 8116 2935 8116 2936 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 272DEG 29KT 2926 8107

$$


KELLY
239 
WWUS52 KMLB 232027
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
327 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

FLC127-232036-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140223T2100Z/
VOLUSIA-
327 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD PUSHED OFFSHORE INTO 
THE ATLANTIC...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2918 8097 2916 8097 2920 8117 2925 8117
      2927 8116 2935 8116 2936 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 272DEG 29KT 2925 8093

$$





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, 2:19 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia26 min
Feb 23, 2:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia60 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.