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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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
- Mar 24, 2013, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2013, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
454
WFUS52 KMLB 241918
TORMLB
FLC009-241945-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0006.130324T1918Z-130324T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
318 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 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...MERRITT
ISLAND...COCOA BEACH...CAPE CANAVERAL...
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT.
* AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAPE
CANAVERAL...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
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 2843 8057 2840 8059 2830 8060 2832 8070
2833 8070 2832 8071 2832 8074 2837 8072
2850 8071 2849 8063 2841 8065 2843 8061
2849 8061 2848 8053 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 278DEG 87KT 2840 8062
$$
SPRATT1 follow-up statement
364
WWUS52 KMLB 241934
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
334 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013
FLC009-241943-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130324T1945Z/
BREVARD-
334 PM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED
OFF THE COAST OVER CAPE CANAVERAL. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2843 8057 2840 8059 2830 8060 2832 8070
2833 8070 2832 8071 2832 8074 2837 8072
2850 8071 2849 8063 2841 8065 2843 8061
2849 8061 2848 8053 2845 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 278DEG 87KT 2831 8022
$$
BRAGAWThe 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, 2:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange | 26 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, 3:55 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.