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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 30, 2025Lake County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2025, 4:58 PM EDT for Lake County, Florida. It was in force for 17 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 30, 2025, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2025, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
17 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2025-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

As transmitted.

981 
WFUS52 KMLB 302058
TORMLB
FLC069-302130-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0007.250330T2058Z-250330T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
458 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Lake County in east central Florida...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 458 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southwest of Lake Louisa, or 12 miles south of
  Groveland, moving east at 10 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
  southwestern Lake County.

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 2843 8192 2848 8169 2836 8169 2836 8186
      2835 8186 2835 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 249DEG 9KT 2838 8184 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Weitlich
2 follow-up statements
737 
WWUS52 KMLB 302111
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
511 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025

FLC069-302130-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250330T2130Z/
Lake FL-
511 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY...

At 511 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lake Louisa, or 11 miles west of Bay Lake, moving
east at 20 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
south central Lake County.

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 2844 8184 2848 8169 2836 8169 2836 8184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 259DEG 18KT 2840 8177 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Weitlich
896 
WWUS52 KMLB 302115
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
515 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025

FLC069-302125-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-250330T2130Z/
Lake FL-
515 PM EDT Sun Mar 30 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2844 8184 2848 8169 2836 8169 2836 8184
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 249DEG 9KT 2840 8176 

$$

Weitlich

The office that day

Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB30 min
Mar 30, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
Mar 30, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake24 min
Mar 30, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange45 min
Mar 30, 5:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee28 min
Mar 30, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange29 min
Mar 30, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Osceola23 min
Mar 30, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange, Osceola47 min
Mar 30, 6:30 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Osceola19 min
Mar 30, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOrange, Osceola30 min
Mar 30, 6:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBOkeechobee26 min
Mar 30, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 min
Mar 30, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia33 min
Mar 30, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Osceola26 min
Mar 30, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB66 min
Mar 30, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee31 min
Mar 30, 7:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole39 min
Mar 30, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard31 min
Mar 30, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia29 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.