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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Melbourne, FL

December 25, 2006Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2006, 2:27 PM EST 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: Dec 25, 2006, 2:27 PM EST (19:27 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2006, 3:00 PM EST
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), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 25, 10:08 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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: 1340 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 6.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMLB 251927
TORMLB
FLC009-252000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0015.061225T1927Z-061225T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
227 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

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

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...PORT SAINT
  JOHN...COCOA...LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP.

* UNTIL 300 PM EST

* AT 224 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LONE
  CABBAGE FISH CAMP...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COCOA...PORT SAINT JOHN AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF TITUSVILLE AIRPORT BY
  235 PM EST.

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

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A STRONG BUILDING ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.
KEEP 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.

THE TORNADO WILL LIKELY BE WRAPPED IN HEAVY RAIN MAKING IT DIFFICULT
TO SEE. BE SMART AND REACT NOW

LAT...LON 2848 8099 2831 8095 2838 8023 2862 8028

$$



CRISTALDI

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 251949
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
247 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

FLC009-252000-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-061225T2000Z/
BREVARD FL-
247 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COCOA...MOVING 
EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT CANAVERAL BY 300 PM EST

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY 
AS THIS SQUALL LINE MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2848 8099 2831 8095 2838 8023 2862 8028

$$

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 252001
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
301 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

FLC009-252011-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-061225T2000Z/
BREVARD FL-
301 PM EST MON DEC 25 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY EXPIRED AT 300 PM
EST...

STRONG STORMS OVER NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE INTO 
THE ATLANTIC.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2848 8099 2831 8095 2838 8023 2862 8028

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 11:57 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake	48 min
Dec 25, 12:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake, Volusia	51 min
Dec 25, 1:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Volusia	51 min
Dec 25, 1:44 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		61 min
Dec 25, 2:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Volusia	66 min
Dec 25, 2:12 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Dec 25, 2:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	38 min
Dec 25, 3:49 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		71 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.