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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 17, 2016Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 17, 2016, 4:30 AM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 22 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: Jan 17, 2016, 4:30 AM EST (09:30 UTC)
Expired: Jan 17, 2016, 4:52 AM EST
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 17, 12:47 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 18 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

154 
WUUS52 KMLB 170930
SVRMLB
FLC009-171015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0004.160117T0930Z-160117T1015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
430 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 AM EST

* AT 430 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VIERA...OR
  NEAR ROCKLEDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TITUSVILLE...ROCKLEDGE...COCOA...COCOA BEACH AND CAPE CANAVERAL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

INTENSE THUNDERSTORM LINES CAN PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES AND WIDESPREAD
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IT IS BEST TO MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A BUILDING. THIS STORM MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT
PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2839 8060 2838 8060 2828 8061 2832 8064
      2857 8060 2831 8066 2836 8068 2834 8068
      2818 8059 2838 8072 2819 8066 2821 8086
      2859 8080 2837 8073 2859 8072 2859 8066
      2863 8079 2879 8075 2846 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0930Z 209DEG 61KT 2828 8079 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BRAGAW

2 follow-up statements

172 
WWUS52 KMLB 170946
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
446 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016

FLC009-171015-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160117T1015Z/
BREVARD FL-
446 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 AM EST
FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY...

AT 446 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
PLAYALINDA BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TITUSVILLE...ROCKLEDGE...COCOA...COCOA BEACH AND CAPE CANAVERAL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2839 8060 2838 8060 2828 8061 2832 8064
      2857 8060 2831 8066 2836 8068 2834 8068
      2818 8059 2838 8072 2819 8066 2821 8086
      2859 8080 2837 8073 2859 8072 2859 8066
      2863 8079 2879 8075 2846 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 209DEG 61KT 2853 8063 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BRAGAW

287 
WWUS52 KMLB 170952
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
452 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016

FLC009-171001-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160117T1015Z/
BREVARD FL-
452 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS AND WAS EXITING THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2839 8060 2838 8060 2828 8061 2832 8064
      2857 8060 2831 8066 2836 8068 2834 8068
      2818 8059 2838 8072 2819 8066 2821 8086
      2859 8080 2837 8073 2859 8072 2859 8066
      2863 8079 2879 8075 2846 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 209DEG 61KT 2862 8057 

$$

CRISTALDI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 9:19 PM EST	Wind Advisory	MLB	Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	18 hr
Jan 17, 5:05 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Osceola	55 min
Jan 17, 5:22 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Osceola	38 min
Jan 17, 5:40 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	50 min
Jan 17, 6:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	52 min
Jan 17, 6:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Martin	46 min
Jan 17, 7:03 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Martin	14 min
Jan 17, 7:15 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		60 min

Nearby

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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.