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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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
- Sep 1, 2016, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted.
363
WFUS52 KMLB 011939
TORMLB
FLC127-012015-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0011.160901T1939Z-160901T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
339 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 339 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EDGEWATER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 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...
EDGEWATER AROUND 340 PM EDT.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH AROUND 350 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALLANDALE.
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.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2927 8100 2925 8098 2909 8090 2899 8082
2887 8088 2890 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 192DEG 26KT 2895 8095
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
BRAGAW2 follow-up statements
496
WWUS52 KMLB 012007
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
407 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC127-012015-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160901T2015Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
407 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...
AT 406 PM EDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
A TORNADO WAS LOCATED BETWEEN DAYTONA BEACH SHORES AND
EDGEWATER...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
ALLANDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2927 8100 2925 8098 2909 8090 2899 8082
2887 8088 2890 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 192DEG 26KT 2915 8090
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRAGAW070
WWUS52 KMLB 012015
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
415 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC127-012024-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160901T2015Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
415 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SPECIAL MARINE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE VOLUSIA COUNTY WATERS THROUGH 515
PM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2927 8100 2925 8098 2909 8090 2899 8082
2887 8088 2890 8106
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 192DEG 26KT 2915 8090
$$
BRAGAWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 10:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 10:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 31, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 4:07 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | MLB | 42 hr | |
| Sep 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Saint Lucie | 49 min |
| Sep 1, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 50 min |
| Sep 1, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 42 min |
| Sep 1, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min | |
| Sep 1, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Orange | 25 min |
| Sep 1, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 66 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Okeechobee | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 59 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake, Seminole, Volusia | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 85 min | |
| Sep 1, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 67 min |
| Sep 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 4:28 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MLB | 23 hr | |
| Sep 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 23 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 53 min |
| Sep 1, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 54 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.