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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2013, 2:49 PM EDT for Brevard County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. 11 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
- Mar 24, 2013, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2013, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Bithlo, FL | LAWN FURNITURE FROM MULTIPLE HOMES TOSSED ABOUT. PEA SIZE HAIL, SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN. MEASURED WIND GUST 60 MPH. |
| Mar 24, 3:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 Nnw Port Saint John, FL | SPACE COAST REGIONAL AIRPORT KTIX RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 55 KT/63 MPH |
| Mar 24, 3:07 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Titusville Airport, FL | BREVARD EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED ONE PLANE FLIPPED OVER AT KTIX - TITUSVILLE AIRPORT. |
| Mar 24, 3:10 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ssw Titusville, FL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL FOR FOUR MINUTES, FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED, ESTIMATED WIND GUST WELL IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH, OBJECTS BLOWN INTO POOL, LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AROUND NEIGHBORHOOD. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE FOUR HOUSES DOWN. |
| Mar 24, 3:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 Ssw Titusville, FL | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND ESTIMATED WIND GUST TO 60 MPH ON COUNTY ROAD 405 NEAR WAL MART IN TITUSVILLE. |
| Mar 24, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Port Saint John, FL | TOPS SNAPPED OFF SEVERAL 60 TO 80 FOOT PINE TREES, PORTABLE BASKETBALL HOOP FELL ONTO CAR ON SUGARTOWN STREET. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Mar 24, 3:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ese Cape Canaveral, FL | ROOF DAMAGE TO APARTMENT BUILDING ON ADAMS AVE. |
| Mar 24, 3:21 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 Nne Cocoa, FL | MESONET SITE AR909 MEASURED WIND GUST OF 50 KT/ 58 MPH. |
| Mar 24, 3:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 63 | 1 S Cape Canaveral, FL | STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUST ESTIMATED TO 63 MPH. |
| Mar 24, 3:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 Nne Cape Canaveral, FL | CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION SKID STRIP MEASURED WIND GUST OF 50 KT/58 MPH FROM 290 DEGREES. |
| Mar 24, 3:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | 2 Nne Cape Canaveral, FL | TRIDENT PIER TRDF1 MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 58 KT/67 MPH FROM THE NW. |
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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 763 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
418
WFUS52 KMLB 241849
TORMLB
FLC009-095-241915-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0005.130324T1849Z-130324T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
249 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...SHARPES...PORT
SAINT JOHN...PORT CANAVERAL...MERRITT ISLAND...COCOA...CAPE
CANAVERAL...
EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WEDGEFIELD...CHRISTMAS...BITHLO...
AVALON PARK...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AVALON
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CANAVERAL GROVES AND JETTY PARK
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
&&
LAT...LON 2842 8057 2834 8060 2835 8063 2836 8064
2837 8062 2840 8063 2840 8065 2835 8065
2841 8128 2859 8126 2857 8079 2854 8077
2854 8074 2857 8072 2856 8056 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 274DEG 57KT 2849 8116
$$
SPRATT1 follow-up statement
901
WWUS52 KMLB 241908
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
308 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013
FLC009-095-241915-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130324T1915Z/
ORANGE-BREVARD-
308 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD AND EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTIES...
AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CANAVERAL
GROVES...OR NEAR PORT SAINT JOHN...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. THE
TITUSVILLE AREA IS ALSO AT GREAT RISK!
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TITUSVILLE AIRPORT...BELLWOOD...SHARPES...COCOA...MERRITT ISLAND...
PORT CANAVERAL...JETTY PARK AND CAPE CANAVERAL
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE AND LARGE HAIL...WITH A
CONTINUING THREAT OF TORNADOES! TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2842 8057 2834 8060 2835 8063 2836 8064
2837 8062 2840 8063 2840 8065 2835 8065
2841 8128 2859 8126 2857 8079 2854 8077
2854 8074 2857 8072 2856 8056 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 274DEG 57KT 2846 8084
$$
DWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:50 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 31 min |
| Mar 24, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 31 min |
| Mar 24, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 55 min |
| Mar 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 24, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 57 min |
| Mar 24, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 27 min |
| Mar 24, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola | 65 min |
| Mar 24, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 24, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 53 min |
| Mar 24, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 50 min |
| Mar 24, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 24, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 49 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.