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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

June 15, 1992Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1992, 4:25 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1992, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Brevard County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 1992-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1364 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBVolusia55 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.