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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 8:28 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2016, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Lake County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Lake Griffin, FL | LAKE COUNTY EMS REPORTS SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS AND SOME DEAD TREES DOWN NEAR ROUTE 441 AND WEST DIXIE AVENUE IN LEESBURG. |
| Sep 1, 8:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Lady Lake, FL | LAKE COUNTY EMS REPORTS SOME DEAD TREES AND SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ALONG ROUTE 441 NEAR LAKE GRIFFIN ROAD IN LADY LAKE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 836 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS52 KMLB 020028
TORMLB
FLC069-020100-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0012.160902T0028Z-160902T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
828 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 827 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEESBURG...MOVING NORTH
AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE VILLAGES...LEESBURG...LADY LAKE...MASCOTTE...
LAKE GRIFFIN AND EMERALDA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2896 8195 2896 8179 2859 8188 2858 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 191DEG 57KT 2877 8197
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
153 follow-up statements
277
WFUS52 KMLB 020032 CCA
TORMLB
FLC069-020100-
/O.COR.KMLB.TO.W.0012.160902T0028Z-160902T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
832 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 828 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEESBURG...MOVING NORTH
AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEESBURG...LADY LAKE...MASCOTTE...LAKE GRIFFIN AND EMERALDA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2896 8195 2896 8179 2859 8188 2858 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 191DEG 57KT 2877 8197
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
15591
WWUS52 KMLB 020041
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
841 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC069-020100-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160902T0100Z/
LAKE FL-
841 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY...
AT 840 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF LADY LAKE...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEESBURG...LADY LAKE...LAKE GRIFFIN...
THE VILLAGES AND FRUITLAND PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2896 8195 2896 8184 2885 8184 2878 8188
2875 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 191DEG 57KT 2898 8192
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
15951
WWUS52 KMLB 020057
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
857 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC069-020106-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160902T0100Z/
LAKE FL-
857 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2896 8195 2896 8184 2885 8184 2878 8188
2875 8195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 191DEG 57KT 2898 8192
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 66 min |
| Sep 1, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 4:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 5:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 5:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 6:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 7:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Sep 2, 7:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 7:47 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | MLB | Okeechobee, Osceola | 8 hr |
| Sep 2, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 10:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Sep 2, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 63 min |
| Sep 2, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Flagler | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.