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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 22, 2010Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2010, 6:38 AM EST for Brevard County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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: Jan 22, 2010, 6:38 AM EST (11:38 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2010, 7:15 AM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Osceola County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 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 nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 33 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: 747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

229 
WFUS52 KMLB 221138
TORMLB
FLC009-097-221215-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0007.100122T1138Z-100122T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
638 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MERRITT ISLAND...ROCKLEDGE...LONE
  CABBAGE FISH CAMP...
  NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NARCOOSSEE...

* UNTIL 715 AM EST.

* AT 635 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  NARCOOSSEE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  HARMONY...VIERA AND SUNTREE

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...SECONDS CAN SAVE LIVES!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2814 8060 2816 8063 2814 8063 2817 8127
      2834 8126 2834 8088 2837 8088 2838 8073
      2834 8072 2838 8072 2838 8066 2832 8065
      2827 8066 2823 8064 2823 8062 2820 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1137Z 272DEG 30KT 2826 8116

$$

67

2 follow-up statements

068 
WWUS52 KMLB 221204
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
704 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010

FLC009-097-221215-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100122T1215Z/
OSCEOLA-BREVARD-
704 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
BREVARD AND NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTIES...

AT 701 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VIERA...SUNTREE...SPACE COAST STADIUM...MERRITT ISLAND...ROCKLEDGE...
PINEDA...PALM SHORES AND GEORGIANA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2814 8060 2816 8063 2814 8063 2817 8106
      2834 8107 2834 8088 2837 8088 2838 8073
      2834 8072 2838 8072 2838 8066 2827 8066
      2823 8064 2823 8062 2820 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 272DEG 30KT 2825 8090

$$


WEITLICH

204 
WWUS52 KMLB 221214
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
714 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010

FLC009-097-221221-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100122T1215Z/
OSCEOLA-BREVARD-
714 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD AND NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 AM EST...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...THUS THE 
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 2814 8060 2816 8063 2814 8063 2817 8106
      2834 8107 2834 8088 2837 8088 2838 8073
      2834 8072 2838 8072 2838 8066 2827 8066
      2823 8064 2823 8062 2820 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1211Z 272DEG 30KT 2824 8083

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 2:57 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	48 min
Jan 22, 3:46 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Orange, Osceola	44 min
Jan 22, 4:42 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jan 22, 4:49 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	26 min
Jan 22, 7:00 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		90 min
Jan 22, 7:34 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	26 min
Jan 22, 9:21 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		114 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.