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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2014, 3:30 PM EST for Martin County, Okeechobee County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 60 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, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2014, 4:30 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Martin County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
360
WFUS52 KMLB 062030
TORMLB
FLC085-093-111-062130-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0009.140306T2030Z-140306T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
330 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...STUART...PALM CITY...JENSEN BEACH...
SOUTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TREASURE ISLAND...OKEECHOBEE...
ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WHITE CITY...WALTON...SAINT LUCIE
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT...PORT SAINT LUCIE...FORT PIERCE...
* UNTIL 430 PM EST.
* AT 322 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ON THE NORTH END
OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TREASURE ISLAND...FOUR SEASONS ESTATES...TRADITION...SAINT LUCIE
WEST...PORT SAINT LUCIE RIVER PARK...FORT PIERCE SOUTH...WHITE
CITY...FORT PIERCE NORTH...NORTH RIVER SHORES...INDIAN RIVER
ESTATES...WITHAM FIELD...SEWALLS POINT AND NETTLES ISLAND
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 2707 8066 2711 8067 2719 8075 2720 8080
2715 8088 2717 8091 2725 8098 2750 8029
2740 8026 2733 8021 2729 8020 2728 8019
2726 8019 2721 8015 2718 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 257DEG 29KT 2715 8080
$$
ULRICH2 follow-up statements
151
WWUS52 KMLB 062054
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
354 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC085-093-062102-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140306T2130Z/
OKEECHOBEE-MARTIN-
354 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MARTIN AND SOUTHEASTERN
OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2726 8021 2728 8023 2726 8023 2726 8028
2725 8029 2721 8058 2737 8066 2750 8029
2740 8026 2733 8022 2733 8021 2731 8021
2727 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 257DEG 29KT 2719 8059
$$
FLC111-062130-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140306T2130Z/
ST. LUCIE-
354 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EST FOR ST. LUCIE
COUNTY...
AT 350 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 2726 8021 2728 8023 2726 8023 2726 8028
2725 8029 2721 8058 2737 8066 2750 8029
2740 8026 2733 8022 2733 8021 2731 8021
2727 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 257DEG 29KT 2719 8059
$$
ULRICH893
WWUS52 KMLB 062100
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
400 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC111-062108-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140306T2130Z/
ST. LUCIE-
400 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND
NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2726 8021 2728 8023 2726 8023 2726 8028
2725 8029 2721 8058 2737 8066 2750 8029
2740 8026 2733 8022 2733 8021 2731 8021
2727 8019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 257DEG 29KT 2720 8054
$$
ULRICHThe 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, 3:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 35 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.