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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Melbourne, FL

July 26, 2014Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2014, 4:40 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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: Jul 26, 2014, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2014, 5:06 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 34 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: 1104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

535 
WFUS52 KMLB 262040
TORMLB
FLC009-262115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0014.140726T2040Z-140726T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
440 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

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...
  HAULOVER CANAL...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.

* AT 435 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  TITUSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...

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.

SUMMER TORNADOES IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE TYPICALLY LESS INTENSE AND
SHORTER LIVED THAN THOSE THAT OCCUR DURING OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR.
HOWEVER...THEY CAN STILL POSE A RISK OF CASUALTIES AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2858 8073 2862 8079 2858 8080 2858 8090
      2862 8093 2863 8093 2870 8083 2866 8082
      2866 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2873 8077
      2874 8075 2870 8071 2868 8067 2874 8071
      2875 8073 2877 8071 2859 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 255DEG 15KT 2861 8087

$$




BRAGAW

3 follow-up statements

839 
WWUS52 KMLB 262047
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
447 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

FLC009-262115-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140726T2115Z/
BREVARD-
447 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAGRANGE...OR NEAR 
TITUSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RESIDENTS OF TITUSVILLE AND 
LAGRANGE SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIMS...
HAULOVER CANAL...PLAYALINDA BEACH...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.

SUMMER TORNADOES IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE TYPICALLY LESS INTENSE AND
SHORTER LIVED THAN THOSE THAT OCCUR DURING OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR.
HOWEVER...THEY CAN STILL POSE A RISK OF CASUALTIES AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2858 8073 2862 8079 2858 8080 2858 8090
      2862 8093 2863 8093 2870 8083 2866 8082
      2866 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2873 8077
      2874 8075 2870 8071 2868 8067 2874 8071
      2875 8073 2877 8071 2859 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 255DEG 15KT 2862 8084

$$




BRAGAW

428 
WWUS52 KMLB 262057
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
457 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

FLC009-262115-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140726T2115Z/
BREVARD-
457 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 453 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM HAS 
CROSSED I-95 AND HAS SLOWED TO TO AROUND 10 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SUMMER TORNADOES IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE TYPICALLY LESS INTENSE AND
SHORTER LIVED THAN THOSE THAT OCCUR DURING OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR.
HOWEVER...THEY CAN STILL POSE A RISK OF CASUALTIES AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2858 8073 2862 8079 2858 8080 2858 8090
      2862 8093 2863 8093 2870 8083 2866 8082
      2866 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2873 8077
      2874 8075 2870 8071 2868 8067 2874 8071
      2875 8073 2877 8071 2859 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 255DEG 15KT 2863 8079

$$




BRAGAW

316 
WWUS52 KMLB 262106
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
506 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

FLC009-262113-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-140726T2115Z/
BREVARD-
506 PM EDT SAT JUL 26 2014

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

THE SEVERE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND 
MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STRONG STORMS ARE 
DEVELOPING ALONG THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE BETWEEN TITUSVILLE AND 
CANAVERAL GROVES. 

IN ADDITION...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE 
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTH BREVARD FROM THE VOLUSIA COUNTY LINE TO 
COCOA BEACH...INCLUDING THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. HEAVY 
RAIN...STRONG WIND GUSTS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE. 

LAT...LON 2858 8073 2862 8079 2858 8080 2858 8090
      2862 8093 2863 8093 2870 8083 2866 8082
      2866 8079 2869 8079 2871 8075 2873 8077
      2874 8075 2870 8071 2868 8067 2874 8071
      2875 8073 2877 8071 2859 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 255DEG 15KT 2864 8076

$$






BRAGAW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		64 min
Jul 26, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	87 min
Jul 26, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Jul 26, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		116 min
Jul 26, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	52 min
Jul 26, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		79 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.