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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2024, 4:57 PM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 18 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
- Jan 9, 2024, 4:57 PM EST (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2024, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 1:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 306 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 521 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
605
WFUS52 KMLB 092157
TORMLB
FLC127-092215-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.240109T2157Z-240109T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
457 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Volusia County in east central Florida...
* Until 515 PM EST.
* At 456 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lake George, or near Crescent City, moving
northeast at 80 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Volusia County, including the following locations...
Seville.
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 2926 8142 2918 8155 2919 8155 2920 8156
2920 8158 2925 8164 2929 8165 2932 8168
2933 8167 2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 224DEG 85KT 2934 8151
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Heil1 follow-up statement
793
WWUS52 KMLB 092209
SVSMLB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
509 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
FLC127-092218-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240109T2215Z/
Volusia FL-
509 PM EST Tue Jan 9 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM EST...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EST for east central
Florida.
LAT...LON 2926 8142 2918 8155 2919 8155 2920 8156
2920 8158 2925 8164 2929 8165 2932 8168
2933 8167 2938 8145 2940 8143 2940 8142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 224DEG 85KT 2954 8129
$$
HeilThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 3:02 AM EST | Beach Hazards Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia | 16 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:02 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie, Volusia | 16 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Volusia | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 5:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 39 min |
| Jan 9, 5:27 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 hr | |
| Jan 9, 5:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 27 min |
| Jan 9, 5:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 50 min |
| Jan 9, 6:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 6:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 37 min |
| Jan 9, 6:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 6:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Osceola | 47 min |
| Jan 9, 6:58 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 3 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.