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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
KELLY2 follow-up statements
077
WWUS52 KMLB 232012
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
312 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
FLC127-232100-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140223T2100Z/
VOLUSIA-
312 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR
NORTHEAST VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 306 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ORMOND BEACH...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DAYTONA
BEACH...HOLLY HILL...DAYTONA BEACH SHORES...DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL
SPEEDWAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 2918 8097 2916 8097 2920 8117 2925 8117
2927 8116 2935 8116 2936 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 272DEG 29KT 2926 8107
$$
KELLY239
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
$$
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, 2:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 26 min |
| Feb 23, 2:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Volusia | 60 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.