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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2007, 4:41 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 15, 2007, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2007, 5:30 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:07 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Merritt Island Wildlife, FL | WEATHER OBSERVER AT SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD TO THE WEST MOVING SOUTHEAST. DISSIPATED AT 518 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 28 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMLB 152042 TORMLB FLC009-152130- /O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0017.070715T2041Z-070715T2130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 441 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007 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...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE BY 455 PM EDT... KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 500 PM EDT... PLAYALINDA BEACH BY 515 PM EDT... 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. ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IF THE TORNADO IS NEARBY. LAT...LON 2873 8087 2857 8087 2848 8046 2875 8043 $$ KELLY
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMLB 152100
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
459 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007
FLC009-152130-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070715T2130Z/
BREVARD FL-
459 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...
AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MERRITT ISLAND
WILDLIFE REFUGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 530 PM EDT...
SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 2870 8080 2858 8081 2847 8072 2842 8055
2867 8055
$$
KELLY000
WWUS52 KMLB 152126
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
525 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007
FLC009-152133-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070715T2130Z/
BREVARD FL-
525 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY EXPIRES AT
530 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE STORM AND
TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARED
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER...THUS THE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE OVER
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
LAT...LON 2870 8080 2858 8081 2847 8072 2842 8055
2867 8055
$$
KELLYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 119 min | |
| Jul 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 55 min |
| Jul 15, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 33 min |
| Jul 15, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 min |
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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.