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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2016, 7:03 AM EST for Martin County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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
- Jan 17, 2016, 7:03 AM EST (12:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 7:17 AM EST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Martin County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 7:13 AM EST | TORNADO | 2 Nnw Hobe Sound, FL | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AS EF-1 NEAR U.S. 1 AND MOVED RAPIDLY NORTHEAST, WEAKENING TO AN EF-0 BEFORE LIFTING OVER INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY NEAR SE PALM STREET AT 715 AM EST. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WITH TRUNKS SNAPPED AND/OR UPROOTED. DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND CAR FROM TREES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 760 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 486 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted.
704
WFUS52 KMLB 171203
TORMLB
FLC085-171230-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0001.160117T1203Z-160117T1230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
703 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 730 AM EST
* AT 703 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF INDIANTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 55
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
JUPITER ISLAND AND JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK AROUND 720 AM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2696 8038 2704 8041 2714 8015 2712 8014
2713 8015 2707 8012 2697 8008 2697 8014
2696 8015
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 252DEG 47KT 2699 8031
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PENDERGRAST2 follow-up statements
675
WWUS52 KMLB 171211
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
711 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC085-171230-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160117T1230Z/
MARTIN FL-
711 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR
SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY...
AT 709 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK...OR NEAR HOBE
SOUND...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
JUPITER ISLAND AND JONATHAN DICKINSON STATE PARK AROUND 720 AM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF ON OR NEAR THE INDIAN RIVER GET OUT FROM THE WATER AND MOVE TO
SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE INTO
DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A
THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 2696 8024 2706 8030 2714 8015 2712 8014
2713 8015 2707 8012 2701 8010 2699 8015
2699 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1209Z 252DEG 47KT 2702 8022
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PENDERGRAST088
WWUS52 KMLB 171217
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
717 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC085-171226-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160117T1230Z/
MARTIN FL-
717 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR PORTIONS
OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MELBOURNE.
LAT...LON 2696 8024 2706 8030 2714 8015 2712 8014
2713 8015 2707 8012 2701 8010 2699 8015
2699 8017
TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 252DEG 47KT 2705 8011
$$
PENDERGRASTThe 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, 4:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard | 22 min |
| 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, 7:15 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.