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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 22, 2010Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2010, 7:34 AM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. 9 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: Jan 22, 2010, 7:34 AM EST (12:34 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2010, 8:00 AM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 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
Jan 22, 7:35 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Ssw Rockledge, FL	NEWLY PLANTED LARGE PALM TREES TOPPLED, FENCES KNOCKED OVER, DAMAGE TO SEVERAL POOL SCREEN ENCLOSURES AT BRUNOT CIRCLE, VIERA FL. WIND ESTIMATED 50-60 MPH.
Jan 22, 7:36 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Viera, FL	YOUNG STURDY TREE SNAPPED IN HALF. HEAVY GLASS DOORS BLOWN OPEN BACKWARDS AGAINST THE HINGES WITH WELL CONTRUCTED ROOF CREAKING AT THE VIERA SCHOOL BOARD BUILDING. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Jan 22, 7:37 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Viera, FL	YOUNG STURDY TREE SNAPPED IN HALF. HEAVY GLASS DOORS BLOWN OPEN BACKWARDS AGAINST THE HINGES WITH WELL CONTRUCTED ROOF CREAKING AT THE VIERA SCHOOL BOARD BUILDING. POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Jan 22, 7:38 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Rockledge, FL	DAMAGE TO SCREEN PORCH OF A HOUSE IN THE VIERA AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO
Jan 22, 7:38 AM EST	TORNADO 0	5 S Rockledge, FL	EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED WITH WINDS ESTIMATED 65-75 MPH AND A PATH LENGTH ESTIMATED AROUND 6 MILES FROM NEAR JACQUES DRIVE IN VIERA TO DEL SOL DRIVE ON MERRITT ISLAND
Jan 22, 7:41 AM EST	TORNADO 0	5 Wnw Patrick Airforce, FL	TREES TOPPLED AND SNAPPED, MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO 6 HOMES NEAR US1 AND VIERA BLVD. THIS DAMAGE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO THAT BEGAN AT 0738 AM 5 S OF ROCKLEDGE.
Jan 22, 7:41 AM EST	TORNADO	5 Wnw Patrick Airforce, FL	TREES TOPPLED AND SNAPPED, MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO 6 HOMES NEAR US1 AND VIERA BLVD. DAMAGE FROM EF0 TORNADO.
Jan 22, 7:45 AM EST	TORNADO 0	4 Nw Patrick Airforce B, FL	NUMEROUS TREES TOPPLED AND SNAPPED, MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL HOMES AND POOL SCREEN ENCLOSURES. THIS DAMAGE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO THAT BEGAN AT 0738 AM 5 S OF ROCKLEDGE.
Jan 22, 7:47 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nw Patrick Air Force, FL	STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A TILE ROOF. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 7.2

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The text

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

495 
WFUS52 KMLB 221234
TORMLB
FLC009-221300-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.100122T1234Z-100122T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
734 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...SATELLITE BEACH...PATRICK AIRFORCE
  BASE...

* UNTIL 800 AM EST.

* AT 734 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VIERA...OR
  ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKLEDGE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SUNTREE AND INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH

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!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2812 8060 2816 8063 2814 8062 2813 8062
      2814 8085 2832 8084 2831 8070 2828 8069
      2831 8069 2831 8065 2829 8066 2823 8064
      2826 8061 2831 8062 2831 8059 2812 8058
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 272DEG 23KT 2822 8074

$$

JP

1 follow-up statement

625 
WWUS52 KMLB 221256
SVSMLB

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

FLC009-221304-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100122T1300Z/
BREVARD-
756 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800
AM EST...

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.

LAT...LON 2812 8060 2816 8063 2814 8062 2813 8062
      2814 8085 2832 8084 2831 8070 2828 8069
      2831 8069 2831 8065 2829 8066 2823 8064
      2826 8061 2831 8062 2831 8059 2812 8058
TIME...MOT...LOC 1254Z 272DEG 23KT 2822 8059

$$

JP

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, 6:38 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	37 min
Jan 22, 7:00 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		90 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.