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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 22, 2006Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2006, 7:07 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 22, 2006, 7:07 PM EDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2006, 7:40 PM EDT
In force: 33 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 1055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 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 
WFUS52 KMLB 222312
TORMLB
FLC009-222340-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0001.060422T2307Z-060422T2340Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
711 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 740 PM EDT

* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR STATE ROAD 
 50 ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF TITUSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TITUSVILLE AIRPORT BY 725 PM EDT
  CANAVERAL GROVES...PORT SAINT JOHN AND 7 MILES WEST OF SHARPES BY
  730 PM EDT

THIS STORM SHOWED SIGNS OF ROTATION AND COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT
ANY TIME. DONT GET CAUGHT OFF GUARD

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS
TO COVER YOUR BODY.

EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO
SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2865 8089 2857 8099 2837 8087 2843 8069

$$

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2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 222327
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
726 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

FLC009-222340-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060422T2340Z/
BREVARD FL-
726 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 740 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN 
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 725 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...LOCATED NEAR 
TITUSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WILL MOVE 
SOUTHEAST FROM TITUSVILLE TOWARD PORT ST JOHN.
  
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING COIN 
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 2865 8089 2857 8099 2837 8087 2843 8069

$$

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000 
WWUS52 KMLB 222337
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
736 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

FLC009-222344-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060422T2340Z/
BREVARD FL-
736 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT 740 
PM EDT...

AT 736 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING 
HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES 
OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 2865 8089 2857 8099 2837 8087 2843 8069

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		95 min
Apr 22, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		56 min
Apr 22, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Apr 22, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Osceola	60 min
Apr 22, 4:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		111 min
Apr 22, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	59 min
Apr 22, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		86 min
Apr 22, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Seminole, Volusia	65 min
Apr 22, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Indian River	61 min
Apr 22, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Indian River	38 min
Apr 22, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	63 min
Apr 22, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Saint Lucie	44 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.