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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 3, 2013Brevard County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2013, 10:16 PM EDT for Brevard County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2013, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 3, 2013, 11:15 PM EDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

216 
WFUS52 KMLB 040216
TORMLB
FLC009-095-040315-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0007.130404T0216Z-130404T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1016 PM EDT WED APR 3 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TITUSVILLE...PLAYALINDA BEACH...
  EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT.

* AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF TITUSVILLE...OR 6 MILES EAST OF CHRISTMAS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

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.

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 2856 8072 2860 8074 2862 8079 2854 8079
      2851 8096 2856 8102 2869 8082 2866 8082
      2866 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2873 8076
      2874 8075 2868 8067 2875 8073 2876 8071
      2860 8057 2859 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 233DEG 9KT 2855 8092

$$

SEDLOCK

2 follow-up statements

416 
WWUS52 KMLB 040239
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1039 PM EDT WED APR 3 2013

FLC095-040247-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130404T0315Z/
ORANGE-
1039 PM EDT WED APR 3 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE ROTATING STORM HAS MOVED WELL EAST INTO BREVARD COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2856 8072 2860 8074 2862 8079 2854 8079
      2852 8089 2861 8094 2869 8082 2866 8082
      2866 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2873 8076
      2874 8075 2868 8067 2875 8073 2876 8071
      2860 8057 2859 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 233DEG 9KT 2858 8087

$$

FLC009-040315-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130404T0315Z/
BREVARD-
1039 PM EDT WED APR 3 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 1035 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A ROTATING THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TITUSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE ANY TORNADO THAT FORMS FROM THIS CELL. 
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 2856 8072 2860 8074 2862 8079 2854 8079
      2852 8089 2861 8094 2869 8082 2866 8082
      2866 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2873 8076
      2874 8075 2868 8067 2875 8073 2876 8071
      2860 8057 2859 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 233DEG 9KT 2858 8087

$$



CRISTALDI

951 
WWUS52 KMLB 040303
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1103 PM EDT WED APR 3 2013

FLC009-040312-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130404T0315Z/
BREVARD-
1103 PM EDT WED APR 3 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE WARNED STORM HAS TURNED MORE TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE 
NORTH-NORTHEAST...RESULTING IN MUCH WEAKER ROTATION. STRONG GUSTY 
WINDS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL STILL BE 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES FROM LAGRANGE ACROSS NORTH 
MERRITT ISLAND.

LAT...LON 2856 8072 2860 8074 2862 8079 2854 8079
      2852 8089 2861 8094 2869 8082 2866 8082
      2866 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2873 8076
      2874 8075 2868 8067 2875 8073 2876 8071
      2860 8057 2859 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 233DEG 9KT 2862 8082

$$



CRISTALDI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	59 min
Apr 3, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	56 min
Apr 3, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	55 min
Apr 3, 10:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	57 min
Apr 3, 10:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		110 min
Apr 4, 4:36 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		23 hr
Apr 4, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		119 min
Apr 4, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	57 min
Apr 4, 3:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Martin	63 min
Apr 4, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	61 min
Apr 4, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	56 min
Apr 4, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		115 min
Apr 4, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.