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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Melbourne, FL

April 15, 2016Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2016, 11:41 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 15, 2016, 11:41 PM EDT (03:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2016, 12:11 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

541 
WUUS52 KMLB 160341
SVRMLB
FLC009-160430-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0037.160416T0341Z-160416T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1141 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1141 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMP HOLLY
  FISH CAMP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PALM BAY AND CAMP HOLLY FISH CAMP. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 2783 8087 2806 8087 2810 8074 2782 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 326DEG 14KT 2800 8079 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WEITLICH
2 follow-up statements
784 
WWUS52 KMLB 160356
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1156 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2016

FLC009-160430-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160416T0430Z/
BREVARD FL-
1156 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 1155 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALM BAY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALM BAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 2783 8087 2799 8087 2803 8071 2782 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 328DEG 15KT 2794 8075 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WEITLICH
005 
WWUS52 KMLB 160411
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1211 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

FLC009-160420-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160416T0430Z/
BREVARD FL-
1211 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 2783 8087 2799 8087 2803 8071 2782 8056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 326DEG 14KT 2789 8071 

$$

WEITLICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 10:09 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMLBVolusia3 days
Apr 15, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River52 min
Apr 16, 3:30 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia17 hr
Apr 16, 3:38 AM EDTRip Current StatementMLBVolusia16 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.