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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 2, 1998Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1998, 6:18 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1998, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1998, 7:20 PM EDT
In force
62 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 22:21 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, 10.3 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 1998-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 1998-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

090 
WFUS01 KMLB 022220 RRA
TORMLB
FLC009-022320-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
618 PM EDT WED SEP 2 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
     BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL 720 PM EDT

* AT 618 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND ROUTE 192..
  MOVEMENT WAS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF MELBOURNE BY 630 PM AND VIERA
  BY 645 PM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. BE PREPARED FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN
MOBILE HOMES SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

TT/SH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 5:21 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake64 min
Sep 2, 6:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBOrange64 min
Sep 2, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard66 min
Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBSeminole62 min
Sep 2, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.