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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2017, 6:15 PM EDT for Lake County, Seminole County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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
- Sep 10, 2017, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2017, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Lake County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
421
WFUS52 KMLB 102215
TORMLB
FLC069-117-127-102245-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0056.170910T2215Z-170910T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
615 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Seminole County in east central Florida...
Northeastern Lake County in east central Florida...
Central Volusia County in east central Florida...
* Until 645 PM EDT
* At 614 PM EDT, a new severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Osteen, or near Geneva, moving northwest
at 55 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...
Deltona, Sanford, Oviedo, Winter Springs and Eustis.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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 2912 8153 2880 8108 2867 8115 2877 8142
2878 8142 2878 8145 2887 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 114DEG 46KT 2878 8118
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JCG1 follow-up statement
697
WWUS52 KMLB 102242
SVSMLB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
642 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2017
FLC069-117-127-102252-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-170910T2245Z/
Seminole FL-Lake FL-Volusia FL-
642 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SEMINOLE...NORTHEASTERN LAKE AND
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.
A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for east central
Florida.
LAT...LON 2912 8153 2880 8108 2867 8115 2877 8142
2878 8142 2878 8145 2887 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 114DEG 46KT 2892 8154
$$
BragawThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 9:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 9:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 16 min |
| Sep 10, 1:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 111 min |
| Sep 10, 3:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 111 min |
| Sep 10, 3:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 16 min |
| Sep 10, 5:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 5:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 22 min |
| Sep 10, 8:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 42 min | |
| Sep 10, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 55 min | |
| Sep 10, 9:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 9:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 10:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 11:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 11:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 11:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 24 min |
| Sep 10, 11:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 35 min |
| Sep 10, 11:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 27 min |
| Sep 10, 11:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 12:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 12:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 34 min |
| Sep 10, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 20 min |
| Sep 10, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 51 min |
| Sep 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 3:16 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Osceola | 12 days |
| Sep 10, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 23 min |
| Sep 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie | 109 min |
| Sep 10, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 66 min |
| Sep 10, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 47 min |
| Sep 10, 4:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Seminole | 38 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 22 min |
| Sep 10, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Seminole | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Seminole, Volusia | 16 min |
| Sep 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 35 min |
| Sep 10, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Seminole, Volusia | 63 min |
| Sep 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 53 min |
| Sep 10, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 36 min |
| Sep 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 35 min |
| Sep 10, 7:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Osceola | 2 hr |
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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.