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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 23, 2005Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 23, 2005, 9:41 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 2005, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2005, 10:30 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Oct 23, 9:47 PM EDT	TORNADO	Cocoa, FL	CHANNEL 13 TV REPORT CONTINUED IN THE COCOA VILLAGE/ROCKLEDGE AREA. DAMAGE TO APARTMENT COMPLEX IN AREA. EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. REPORTED BETWEEN 943PM AND 947 PM.
Oct 23, 9:50 PM EDT	TORNADO	Cocoa, FL	ROOF DAMAGE ON FLORIDA AVE AND ROSA L JONES STREET. THREE PREVIOUS PUBLIC REPORTS OF TORNADO SIGHTINGS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 23, 9:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	14 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 2790 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 8.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 240144
TORMLB
FLC009-240230-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0024.051024T0141Z-051024T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
944 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...PORT SAINT JOHN

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 944 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO OVER COCOA...APPROACHING MERRITT ISLAND...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND BETWEEN COCOA AND 
MERRITT ISLAND AT 943 PM...NEAR THE HUBERT HUMPHREY BRIDGE.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE MOVE OVER NORTH MERRITT ISLAND
  AND BE NEAR...

   KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 1010 PM EDT

THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A TORNADO IS HIGH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS
TORNADO ARE URGED TO QUICKLY PREPARE FOR ITS APPROACH. THIS IS A 
DANGEROUS SITUATION ACT NOW...SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN A STRONG
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
BATHROOM OR CLOSET. KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF NECESSARY...GET UNDER
A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. ABANDON YOUR MOBILE HOME OR RV FOR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...GET INTO AN
UNFLOODED DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS AND
ARMS. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY.

LAT...LON 2837 8084 2837 8067 2840 8067 2859 8060
      2869 8073

$$

SEDLOCK

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240157
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
954 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

FLC009-240230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-051024T0230Z/
BREVARD FL-
954 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 953 PM EDT...MELBOURNE DOPPLER RADAR...AS WELL AS HIGH RESOLUTION
TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER NORTHERN MERRITT 
ISLAND NEAR COURTENAY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH TOWARD THE KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER COMPLEX.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING 
SITUATION. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND BETWEEN COCOA AND 
MERRITT ISLAND AND DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 1010 PM EDT
  MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 1030 PM EDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2837 8084 2837 8067 2840 8067 2859 8060
      2869 8073

$$

CRISTALDI

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240216
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1015 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

FLC009-240230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-051024T0230Z/
BREVARD FL-
1015 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 1015 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR KENNEDY SPACE CENTER...MOVING NORTH TO
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 1030 PM EDT

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2837 8084 2837 8067 2840 8067 2859 8060
      2869 8073

$$

CRISTALDI

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 240229
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1027 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

FLC009-240237-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-051024T0230Z/
BREVARD FL-
1027 PM EDT SUN OCT 23 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1030 PM
EDT...

AT 1027 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WERE EXITING THE WARNED AREA...THUS 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2837 8084 2837 8067 2840 8067 2859 8060
      2869 8073

$$

SEDLOCK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 8:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	48 min
Oct 23, 8:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	48 min
Oct 23, 10:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake	56 min
Oct 23, 11:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake	63 min
Oct 24, 1:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange	49 min
Oct 24, 2:45 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Osceola	45 min
Oct 24, 3:50 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Osceola	40 min
Oct 24, 4:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	34 min
Oct 24, 5:18 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	42 min
Oct 24, 6:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	44 min
Oct 24, 6:55 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	65 min
Oct 24, 7:40 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River	50 min
Oct 24, 7:52 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Osceola	38 min
Oct 24, 10:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	4 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.