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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2014, 3:13 PM EST for Martin County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 6, 2014, 3:13 PM EST (20:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Martin County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 11:28 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
593
WFUS52 KMLB 062013
TORMLB
FLC085-111-062100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0007.140306T2013Z-140306T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
313 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STUART...PORT SALERNO...PALM CITY...
JENSEN BEACH...INDIANTOWN...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WALTON...SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT...PORT SAINT LUCIE...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST.
* AT 312 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
INDIANTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WITHAM FIELD...NORTH RIVER SHORES...SEWALLS POINT AND NETTLES
ISLAND
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2706 8056 2737 8028 2735 8027 2738 8027
2740 8025 2732 8021 2729 8020 2728 8019
2727 8019 2721 8015 2716 8015 2710 8013
2699 8048
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 217DEG 31KT 2706 8048
$$
MOSES3 follow-up statements
563
WWUS52 KMLB 062026
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
326 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC085-111-062100-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
326 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTIES...
AT 322 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF PALM
CITY...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDIANTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN MILE MARKER 105 AND 115...THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE
BETWEEN MILE MARKER 130 AND 140...PORT SAINT LUCIE...NORTH RIVER
SHORES...STUART...PORT SALERNO...WITHAM FIELD...HOBE SOUND WILDLIFE
REFUGE...RIO...SEWALLS POINT...JENSEN BEACH...NETTLES ISLAND AND
SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF
STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2704 8041 2713 8050 2737 8028 2735 8027
2738 8027 2740 8025 2732 8021 2729 8020
2728 8019 2727 8019 2721 8015 2716 8015
2710 8013
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 228DEG 31KT 2713 8040
$$
MOSES806
WWUS52 KMLB 062039
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
339 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC085-111-062100-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
339 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTIES...
AT 333 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH RIVER
SHORES...OR NEAR PALM CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE
FLORIDA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKER 135 AND 140...US
1...RIO...SEWALLS POINT...JENSEN BEACH...WALTON...WAVELAND...NETTLES
ISLAND AND SAINT LUCIE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2711 8034 2722 8042 2737 8028 2735 8027
2738 8027 2740 8025 2732 8021 2729 8020
2728 8019 2727 8019 2721 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 228DEG 31KT 2724 8029
$$
MOSES392
WWUS52 KMLB 062056
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
356 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC085-111-062106-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-
356 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST.
LUCIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM EST...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED
INTO THE ATLANTIC...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2711 8034 2722 8042 2737 8028 2735 8027
2738 8027 2740 8025 2732 8021 2729 8020
2728 8019 2727 8019 2721 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 228DEG 31KT 2734 8017
$$
MOSESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 12:48 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 87 min | |
| Mar 6, 2:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 31 min |
| Mar 6, 3:11 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 6, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 35 min |
| Mar 6, 3:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 60 min |
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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.