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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 16, 1990Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 16, 1990, 4:00 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 1990, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 873 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 1990-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMLB 162002
TORMLB
FLC009-162030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
400 PM EDT SUN SEP 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM...
 
   ...CAPE CANAVERAL  TO  COCOA BEACH
   ...COCOA BEACH  TO  MELBOURNE BEACH
 
...TORNDOS REPORTED IN MERRITT ISLAND...
 
THE BREVARD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A CONFIRMED TORNADO
ON NORTH BANANA RIVER DRIVE...AND A WATER SPOUT IN PROGRESS BETWEEN
CAPE CANAVERAL AND COCOA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST.
 
 
DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR CAR.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURNE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
BOATERS AND MARINERS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY IF POSSIBLE.

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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.