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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 23, 2014Lake County, Orange County, Seminole County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2014, 3:47 PM EST for Lake County, Orange County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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, 3:47 PM EST (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2014, 4:30 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.

329 
WFUS52 KMLB 232047
TORMLB
FLC069-095-117-232130-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0005.140223T2047Z-140223T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOUNT PLYMOUTH...MOUNT DORA...
  CASSIA...
  NORTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ZELLWOOD...
  NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EST.

* AT 345 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNT
  DORA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 2895 8138 2870 8137 2871 8171 2883 8173
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 264DEG 24KT 2879 8164

$$


MOSES
1 follow-up statement
689 
WWUS52 KMLB 232101
SVSMLB

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

FLC069-095-117-232130-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-140223T2130Z/
SEMINOLE-ORANGE-LAKE-
401 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAKE...NORTHWESTERN ORANGE AND NORTHWESTERN SEMINOLE
COUNTIES...

AT 357 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MOUNT PLYMOUTH...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK
SPRINGS...CASSIA AND WEKIWA SPRINGS STATE PARK

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 2874 8161 2883 8162 2892 8138 2870 8137
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 270DEG 25KT 2879 8153

$$


MOSES

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, 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, 4:09 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia66 min
Feb 23, 4:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr

Nearby

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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.