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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 13, 2016Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2016, 1:50 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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: Sep 13, 2016, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired: Sep 13, 2016, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 13, 1:52 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Sw Barefoot Bay, FL	TORNADO REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF MICCO ROAD EAST OF INTERSTATE 95.
Sep 13, 1:58 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Wnw Barefoot Bay, FL	PRIVATE METEOROLOGIST REPORTS TORNADO WEST OF BAREFOOT BAY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 1339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

139 
WFUS52 KMLB 131750
TORMLB
FLC009-131815-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0015.160913T1750Z-160913T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
150 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
    
* AT 150 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER MICCO...OR OVER BAREFOOT BAY...MOVING
  NORTH AT 10 TO 15 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...
  BAREFOOT BAY AROUND 200 PM EDT. 
  GRANT-VALKARIA AROUND 210 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FLORIDANA BEACH.

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 2783 8048 2785 8049 2783 8050 2783 8060
      2800 8062 2800 8048 2799 8047 2783 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 177DEG 8KT 2786 8056 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

WEITLICH

2 follow-up statements

517 
WWUS52 KMLB 131802
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
202 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016

FLC009-131815-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160913T1815Z/
BREVARD FL-
202 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY...
    
AT 201 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BAREFOOT BAY...
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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
SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
FLORIDANA BEACH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 2783 8048 2785 8049 2783 8050 2783 8060
      2800 8062 2800 8048 2799 8047 2783 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1801Z 183DEG 9KT 2790 8055 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

WEITLICH

335 
WWUS52 KMLB 131813
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
213 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016

FLC009-131823-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160913T1815Z/
BREVARD FL-
213 PM EDT TUE SEP 13 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
215 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.

LAT...LON 2783 8048 2785 8049 2783 8050 2783 8060
      2800 8062 2800 8048 2799 8047 2783 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 177DEG 8KT 2790 8055 

$$

WEITLICH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 13, 3:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	55 min
Sep 13, 9:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		97 min
Sep 13, 10:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		85 min
Sep 13, 11:15 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	MLB	Volusia	5 hr
Sep 13, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	62 min
Sep 13, 11:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Sep 13, 12:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	61 min
Sep 13, 1:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Sep 13, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		2 hr
Sep 13, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River	47 min
Sep 13, 2:32 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MLB		8 hr
Sep 13, 2:32 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		15 hr
Sep 13, 3:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Brevard	117 min
Sep 13, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		88 min
Sep 13, 4:15 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	MLB	Volusia	5 hr
Sep 13, 6:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Orange, Osceola	3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.