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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2014, 3:25 PM EST for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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, 3:25 PM EST (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2014, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 888 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231
WFUS52 KMLB 062025
TORMLB
FLC085-062100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.140306T2025Z-140306T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
325 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JUPITER ISLAND...HOBE SOUND...
* UNTIL 400 PM EST.
* AT 324 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK...OR NEAR JUPITER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOBE
SOUND BEACH
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2697 8014 2696 8014 2696 8025 2714 8015
2697 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 220DEG 36KT 2694 8016
$$
BRAGAW1 follow-up statement
110
WWUS52 KMLB 062052
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
352 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC085-062101-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140306T2100Z/
MARTIN-
352 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM EST...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST
MARTIN COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND HAS MOVED OFFSHORE...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.
A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF
MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM EST.
LAT...LON 2697 8014 2696 8014 2696 8025 2714 8015
2697 8007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 220DEG 36KT 2714 7997
$$
BRAGAWThe 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, 3:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 47 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.