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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 15, 2014Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2014, 4:04 PM EDT for Brevard County, Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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: May 15, 2014, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brevard County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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
May 15, 4:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND GST 72	4 N Haulover Canal, FL	USAF TOWER NUMBER 22 AT 54 FT REPORTED 63 KT/72 MPH WIND GUST FROM 250 DEGREES.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 39 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: 352 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 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.

712 
WFUS52 KMLB 152004
TORMLB
FLC009-127-152030-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0013.140515T2004Z-140515T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
404 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HAULOVER CANAL...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.

* AT 404 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST 
OF SCOTTMOOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
HAULOVER CANAL...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.

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 2871 8070 2874 8071 2875 8074 2874 8074
      2871 8072 2871 8075 2874 8078 2876 8082
      2879 8085 2880 8078 2875 8075 2878 8074
      2880 8076 2881 8073 2871 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 243DEG 17KT 2876 8079

$$


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1 follow-up statement

704 
WWUS52 KMLB 152021
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
421 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

FLC009-127-152030-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140515T2030Z/
BREVARD-VOLUSIA-
421 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA AND NORTH
CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM EDT...

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED EAST ACROSS THE 
NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS...THUS THE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM.

LAT...LON 2871 8070 2874 8071 2875 8074 2874 8074
      2871 8072 2871 8075 2874 8078 2876 8082
      2879 8085 2880 8078 2875 8075 2878 8074
      2880 8076 2881 8073 2871 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 243DEG 17KT 2879 8071

$$





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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		55 min
May 15, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	35 min
May 15, 2:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole, Volusia	38 min
May 15, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	56 min
May 15, 3:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Volusia	45 min
May 15, 3:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	37 min
May 15, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		118 min
May 15, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Orange, Seminole	54 min
May 15, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		85 min
May 15, 3:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Volusia	53 min
May 15, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	48 min
May 15, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	45 min
May 15, 5:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard, Volusia	110 min
May 15, 6:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard	2 hr

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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.