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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 17, 2011Brevard County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2011, 10:49 AM EST for Brevard County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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 17, 2011, 10:49 AM EST (15:49 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2011, 11:45 AM EST
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 17, 11:06 AM EST	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Nw Port Saint John, FL
Jan 17, 11:13 AM EST	TORNADO	4 W Port Saint John, FL	OBSERVER REPORTED ROTATING FUNNEL WITH DEBRIS CLOUD WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FAY BLVD AND I-95. THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THE LOCATION OF THE PREVIOUS STORM REPORT.
Jan 17, 11:13 AM EST	TORNADO	6 W Port Saint John, FL	OBSERVER REPORTED ROTATING FUNNEL WITH DEBRIS CLOUD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FAY BLVD AND I-95.
Jan 17, 11:21 AM EST	TSTM WND GST 46	5 Wsw Playalinda Beach, FL	KTTS REPORTED 40 KT/46 MPH WIND GUST.

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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

776 
WFUS52 KMLB 171549
TORMLB
FLC009-095-171645-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0001.110117T1549Z-110117T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1049 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SHARPES...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...
  TITUSVILLE...PORT SAINT JOHN...PLAYALINDA BEACH...LONE CABBAGE FISH
  CAMP...
  SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EST.

* AT 1048 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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

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 2847 8059 2855 8058 2858 8061 2845 8065
      2841 8072 2847 8074 2840 8074 2834 8090
      2834 8103 2845 8110 2861 8080 2846 8075
      2860 8073 2862 8078 2868 8068 2866 8067
      2869 8065 2860 8058 2850 8054 2849 8055
TIME...MOT...LOC 1549Z 253DEG 28KT 2841 8096

$$



CRISTALDI

5 follow-up statements

333 
WWUS52 KMLB 171603
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1103 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

FLC009-095-171645-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110117T1645Z/
ORANGE-BREVARD-
1103 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD AND SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 1100 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO APPROACHING THE ORANGE-BREVARD COUNTY LINE.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CANAVERAL ACRES...OR NEAR LONE CABBAGE FISH 
CAMP...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PORT SAINT JOHN...SHARPES...BELLWOOD AND TITUSVILLE AIRPORT BY 1110
  AM EST...
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 1125 AM EST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 2847 8059 2855 8058 2858 8061 2845 8065
      2841 8072 2847 8074 2840 8074 2834 8090
      2834 8103 2845 8110 2861 8080 2846 8075
      2860 8073 2862 8078 2868 8068 2866 8067
      2869 8065 2860 8058 2850 8054 2849 8055
TIME...MOT...LOC 1603Z 253DEG 28KT 2844 8084

$$



BRAGAW

008 
WWUS52 KMLB 171615
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1115 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

FLC095-171624-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110117T1645Z/
ORANGE-
1115 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED INTO BREVARD 
COUNTY AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO EAST ORANGE COUNTY. 


LAT...LON 2848 8057 2847 8059 2855 8058 2859 8062
      2845 8065 2841 8072 2847 8074 2846 8075
      2840 8074 2835 8087 2845 8090 2848 8087
      2853 8092 2861 8080 2846 8075 2860 8073
      2862 8078 2869 8065 2860 8058 2850 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 253DEG 28KT 2846 8075

$$

FLC009-171645-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110117T1645Z/
BREVARD-
1115 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 1108 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT SAINT JOHN...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BY 1125 AM EST...

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 2848 8057 2847 8059 2855 8058 2859 8062
      2845 8065 2841 8072 2847 8074 2846 8075
      2840 8074 2835 8087 2845 8090 2848 8087
      2853 8092 2861 8080 2846 8075 2860 8073
      2862 8078 2869 8065 2860 8058 2850 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1614Z 253DEG 28KT 2846 8075

$$



BRAGAW

873 
WWUS52 KMLB 171624
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1124 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

FLC009-171645-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110117T1645Z/
BREVARD-
1124 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 1106 AM EST...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 
MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF PORT ST. JOHN.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE 
FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY AT 1140 AM EST

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 2848 8057 2847 8059 2855 8058 2859 8062
      2845 8065 2841 8072 2847 8074 2846 8075
      2840 8074 2837 8082 2855 8089 2861 8080
      2846 8075 2860 8073 2862 8078 2869 8065
      2860 8058 2850 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1623Z 253DEG 28KT 2848 8067

$$



BRAGAW

590 
WWUS52 KMLB 171637
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1137 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

FLC009-171645-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110117T1645Z/
BREVARD-
1137 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 1135 AM EST...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR PLAYALINDA BEACH...MOVING EAST- 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OFFSHORE BY 1145 AM.

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 2849 8056 2848 8059 2855 8058 2859 8062
      2849 8064 2860 8070 2866 8062 2860 8058
      2850 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 253DEG 28KT 2854 8057

$$

525 
WWUS52 KMLB 171642
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1142 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

FLC009-171651-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110117T1645Z/
BREVARD-
1142 AM EST MON JAN 17 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 AM EST...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED 
OFFSHORE INTO THE ATLANTIC...THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 1145 AM.

LAT...LON 2849 8056 2848 8059 2855 8058 2859 8062
      2849 8064 2860 8070 2866 8062 2860 8058
      2850 8054
TIME...MOT...LOC 1641Z 253DEG 28KT 2855 8052

$$



CRISTALDI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 17, 3:35 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	MLB		24 hr
Jan 17, 10:42 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		93 min
Jan 17, 10:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	63 min
Jan 17, 12:08 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		112 min
Jan 17, 12:23 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	52 min
Jan 17, 12:42 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	63 min
Jan 17, 1:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	65 min
Jan 17, 1:59 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jan 17, 2:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	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.