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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 12, 2008Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2008, 2:58 PM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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: Feb 12, 2008, 2:58 PM EST (19:58 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2008, 3:30 PM EST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 12, 3:05 PM EST	TORNADO	Cape Canaveral, FL	CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION KXMR REPORTED SIGHTING FUNNEL CLOUD WHICH TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE SKID STRIP AND MOVED NORTH TOWARDS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
Feb 12, 3:06 PM EST	TSTM WND GST 55	Cape Canaveral, FL	CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION REPORTED PEAK WIND GUST OF 48 KNOTS / 55 MPH AT 1506 EST FROM 230 DEGREES.

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 14 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 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 122000
TORMLB
FLC009-122030-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.080212T1958Z-080212T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
258 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERRITT ISLAND...PORT CANAVERAL...
  CAPE CANAVERAL...PLAYALINDA BEACH...COCOA BEACH...

* UNTIL 330 PM EST

* AT 256 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED DAMAGE FROM A POSSIBLE TORNADO 
IN COCOA BEACH.  NICKLE SIZED HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED AS WELL. THE 
STORM WAS MOVING NORTH FROM PORT CANAVERAL AT 20 MPH.  AN ADDITIONAL 
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH MERRITT ISLAND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.  
THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AS WELL.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

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 2870 8059 2861 8053 2855 8053 2852 8049
      2843 8049 2833 8059 2833 8072 2867 8079
      2872 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 187DEG 16KT 2844 8060

$$

BRAGAW

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 122011
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
310 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

FLC009-122030-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080212T2030Z/
BREVARD FL-
310 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 309 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 
NORTH OF PORT CANAVERAL...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.  RADAR SIGNATURES 
ON THIS STORM INDICATED A HIGH PROBABILITY OF A TORNADO IN THE AREA.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER...MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE AND PLAYALINDA BEACH. 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 2870 8059 2861 8053 2855 8053 2852 8049
      2843 8049 2833 8059 2833 8072 2867 8079
      2872 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 187DEG 16KT 2849 8059

$$

BRAGAW

000 
WWUS52 KMLB 122031
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
330 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

FLC009-122038-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080212T2030Z/
BREVARD FL-
330 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 326 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE 
TORNADO WARNING HAD WEAKENED OR HAD MOVED OUT TO SEA.  THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING 
FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2870 8059 2861 8053 2855 8053 2852 8049
      2843 8049 2833 8059 2833 8072 2867 8079
      2872 8069
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 187DEG 16KT 2857 8058

$$

BRAGAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 2:22 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		53 min
Feb 12, 2:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	36 min
Feb 12, 3:20 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		55 min
Feb 12, 4:37 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Lake	53 min
Feb 12, 4:46 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		59 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.