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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 15, 2012Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2012, 7:08 PM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 37 min. 5 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
May 15, 2012, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2012, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 7:10 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMims, FLTREE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 46. BRIEFLY CAUSED ROAD CLOSURE. DELAYED REPORT FROM BREVARD COUNTY EM DIRECTOR.
May 15, 7:15 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGLagrange, FLTREE BLOWN DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF WESTWOOD DRIVE AND BRYN MAWR DRIVE. BRIEFLY BLOCKED THE ROAD.
May 15, 7:15 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 621 Sse Scottsmoor, FLUSAF 54 FT WIND TOWER NUMBER 819 MEASURED WIND GUST OF 54 KT/62 MPH
May 15, 7:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGScottsmoor, FLTORRENTIAL RAINFALL, DIME SIZED HAIL, WIND GUST FROM WNW ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 70 MPH WAS OBSERVED FROM 7 TO 720 PM. MUCH DEBRIS ON THE GROUND AND TOPS OF SEVERAL LARGE CEDAR TREES IN MY YARD WERE BLOWN DOWN.
May 15, 7:30 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 606 Nnw Port Saint John, FL60 MPH GUST MEASURE FROM HOME WEATHER STATION. ALSO HAD PENNY SIZED HAIL AT TIME.

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, 11.1 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1390 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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.

080 
WFUS52 KMLB 152308
TORMLB
FLC009-127-152345-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.120515T2308Z-120515T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
708 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TITUSVILLE...SCOTTSMOOR...PLAYALINDA
  BEACH...MIMS...HAULOVER CANAL...
  SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.

* AT 705 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  SCOTTSMOOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  KLONDIKE BEACH AND MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE REFUGE

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2858 8073 2860 8074 2860 8076 2862 8079
      2860 8080 2858 8079 2856 8079 2853 8085
      2878 8099 2889 8080 2876 8071 2877 8070
      2874 8069 2863 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 312DEG 22KT 2873 8086

$$


WEITLICH
2 follow-up statements
573 
WWUS52 KMLB 152320
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

FLC127-152329-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120515T2345Z/
VOLUSIA-
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 2858 8072 2862 8079 2856 8079 2853 8085
      2878 8096 2880 8089 2879 8078 2871 8071
      2868 8067 2871 8070 2874 8071 2876 8074
      2879 8075 2879 8073 2863 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 321DEG 16KT 2869 8082

$$

FLC009-152345-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120515T2345Z/
BREVARD-
720 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TURNBULL...OR NEAR
MIMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAGRANGE...KLONDIKE BEACH...TITUSVILLE...MERRITT ISLAND WILDLIFE
REFUGE AND PLAYALINDA BEACH

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2858 8072 2862 8079 2856 8079 2853 8085
      2878 8096 2880 8089 2879 8078 2871 8071
      2868 8067 2871 8070 2874 8071 2876 8074
      2879 8075 2879 8073 2863 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 321DEG 16KT 2869 8082

$$


WEITLICH
839 
WWUS52 KMLB 152344
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
744 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

FLC009-152354-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120515T2345Z/
BREVARD-
744 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM EDT...

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...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING 
STRIKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 2858 8072 2862 8079 2856 8079 2853 8085
      2878 8096 2880 8089 2879 8078 2871 8071
      2868 8067 2871 8070 2874 8071 2876 8074
      2879 8075 2879 8073 2863 8061
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 309DEG 17KT 2862 8071

$$


WEITLICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 3:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin41 min
May 15, 3:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin35 min
May 15, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard38 min
May 15, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB65 min
May 15, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee41 min
May 15, 3:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard39 min
May 15, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard31 min
May 15, 4:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River45 min
May 15, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia37 min
May 15, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
May 15, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard52 min
May 15, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee44 min
May 15, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard47 min
May 15, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia37 min
May 15, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia36 min
May 15, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange44 min
May 15, 6:52 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia23 min
May 15, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB94 min
May 15, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard37 min
May 15, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole37 min
May 15, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard45 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.