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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 23, 2014Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2014, 3:46 PM EST for Volusia 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: Feb 23, 2014, 3:46 PM EST (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2014, 4:15 PM EST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 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.

115 
WFUS52 KMLB 232046
TORMLB
FLC127-232115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.140223T2046Z-140223T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOUTH DAYTONA...PORT ORANGE...NEW
  SMYRNA BEACH...

* UNTIL 415 PM EST.

* AT 342 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR NEW SMYRNA 
  BEACH AIRPORT AND PORT ORANGE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
HARBOR OAKS AND PONCE INLET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY 
PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH. 

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 2912 8094 2910 8093 2908 8093 2908 8091
      2907 8090 2904 8088 2902 8088 2902 8103
      2913 8108 2921 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 247DEG 20KT 2910 8099

$$


KELLY

1 follow-up statement

281 
WWUS52 KMLB 232114
SVSMLB

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

FLC127-232124-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140223T2115Z/
VOLUSIA-
414 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM EST...

THE STORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE MOVING 
OFFSHORE.

LAT...LON 2912 8094 2910 8093 2908 8093 2908 8091
      2907 8090 2904 8088 2902 8088 2902 8103
      2913 8108 2921 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 247DEG 20KT 2916 8082

$$

The 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, 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, 3:47 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.