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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 25, 1992Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 1992, 8:44 PM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 1992, 8:44 PM EST (01:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 1992, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 25, 8:55 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Brevard, FL
Mar 25, 9:10 PM EST	Hail 1.75	Brevard, FL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 475 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 260147
TORMLB
FLC009-260230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
844 PM EST WED MAR 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY
 
 
WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF COCOA.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN
A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A
CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES CAN BE TOSSEDG ABOUT BY TORNADO WINDS. DO NOT
TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO IN YOUR VEHICLE. ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE
HOMES WHEN THREATENED BY A TORNADO AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF
NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 7:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake	65 min
Mar 25, 7:16 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	44 min
Mar 25, 7:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole	53 min
Mar 25, 7:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange	67 min
Mar 25, 8:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole	29 min
Mar 25, 8:17 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	58 min
Mar 25, 8:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	38 min
Mar 25, 9:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River	45 min
Mar 25, 9:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	63 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.