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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL

August 2, 1995Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 2, 1995, 2:50 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1995, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1995, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
40 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 18:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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 1995-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 237 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
237 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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 021852
TORMLB
FLC009-021930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
250 PM EDT WED AUG 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY
 
TORNADO REPORT ON THE GOUND IN TITUSVILLE NEAR THE SEARS MALL HEADING
NORTH TOWARD GARDEN STREET.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 11:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia45 min
Aug 2, 1:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard66 min
Aug 2, 4:23 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard52 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.