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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 14, 2013Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2013, 9:02 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report 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: Apr 14, 2013, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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
Apr 14, 9:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 56	3 Sse Cocoa, FL	CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION TOWER 9404 MEASURED A 49 KNOT / 56 MPH GUST AT 925PM LOCAL.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 14, 1:52 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

337 
WFUS52 KMLB 150102
TORMLB
FLC009-150200-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0013.130415T0102Z-130415T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
902 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ROCKLEDGE...PORT CANAVERAL...PATRICK
  AIR FORCE BASE...MERRITT ISLAND...LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...COCOA
  BEACH...COCOA...CAPE CANAVERAL...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

* AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF
  LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

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.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE. WATCH FOR THE POPPING OF
ELECTRIC LINES AND TRANSFORMERS OR LISTEN FOR THE SOUND OF LOUD
RUMBLING AS THAT OF AN APPROACHING FREIGHT TRAIN. TORNADOES ARE OFTEN
ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS WHICH ALSO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND EXCESSIVE
LIGHTNING.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2843 8057 2836 8060 2818 8058 2818 8063
      2820 8065 2818 8065 2816 8086 2838 8088
      2843 8075 2841 8073 2844 8073 2848 8065
      2847 8064 2841 8065 2843 8061 2849 8061
      2852 8055 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 250DEG 12KT 2829 8083

$$


MOSES

3 follow-up statements

635 
WWUS52 KMLB 150112
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
912 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

FLC009-150200-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130415T0200Z/
BREVARD-
912 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO HAS A HIGH DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE 
NEAR SPACE COAST STADIUM...OR NEAR ROCKLEDGE AND VIERA...MOVING EAST 
AT 15 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VIERA...SUNTREE...COCOA...PINEDA...PALM SHORES...GEORGIANA...MERRITT
ISLAND...PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE...COCOA BEACH...JETTY PARK...PORT
CANAVERAL AND CAPE CANAVERAL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A 
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. TAKE SHELTER 
NOW !!!!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2843 8057 2836 8060 2818 8058 2818 8063
      2820 8065 2818 8065 2816 8086 2838 8088
      2843 8075 2841 8073 2844 8073 2848 8065
      2847 8064 2841 8065 2843 8061 2849 8061
      2852 8055 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 250DEG 12KT 2830 8080

$$

JP

182 
WWUS52 KMLB 150123
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
923 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

FLC009-150200-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130415T0200Z/
BREVARD-
923 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 918 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GEORGIANA...OR NEAR
ROCKLEDGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
MERRITT ISLAND...PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE...COCOA BEACH...CAPE 
CANAVERAL...JETTY PARK AND PORT CANAVERAL

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS 
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

&&

LAT...LON 2843 8057 2836 8060 2818 8058 2818 8063
      2820 8065 2818 8065 2817 8079 2834 8079
      2841 8073 2842 8073 2846 8070 2848 8065
      2847 8064 2841 8065 2843 8061 2849 8061
      2852 8055 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 264DEG 30KT 2828 8064

$$


MOSES

038 
WWUS52 KMLB 150156
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
956 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

FLC009-150206-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130415T0200Z/
BREVARD-
956 PM EDT SUN APR 14 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000
PM EDT...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND EXITED
THE WARNING AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2843 8057 2836 8060 2818 8058 2818 8063
      2820 8065 2818 8065 2817 8079 2834 8079
      2841 8073 2842 8073 2846 8070 2848 8065
      2847 8064 2841 8065 2843 8061 2849 8061
      2852 8055 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 264DEG 30KT 2831 8032

$$


MOSES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 8:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	40 min
Apr 14, 8:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard	59 min
Apr 14, 8:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Apr 14, 8:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	82 min
Apr 14, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	54 min
Apr 14, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Indian River, Osceola	60 min
Apr 14, 9:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard	2 hr
Apr 14, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	38 min
Apr 14, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard	42 min
Apr 14, 10:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MLB	Brevard	2 hr
Apr 14, 11:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	37 min
Apr 14, 11:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		91 min
Apr 14, 11:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	41 min
Apr 15, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	45 min
Apr 15, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		59 min
Apr 15, 3:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Saint Lucie	82 min
Apr 15, 3:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	47 min
Apr 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		119 min
Apr 15, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		86 min
Apr 15, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin	38 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.