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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 22, 2016Volusia County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 22, 2016, 11:46 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 22, 2016, 11:46 AM EST (16:46 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 2016, 12:12 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 22, 9:49 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

179 
WFUS52 KMLB 221646
TORMLB
FLC127-221730-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0002.160122T1646Z-160122T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1146 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1230 PM EST
    
* AT 1146 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
  NEW SMYRNA BEACH AROUND 1200 PM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SPRUCE
CREEK.

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 2899 8086 2898 8088 2897 8089 2900 8090
      2900 8088 2901 8091 2903 8091 2904 8090
      2906 8091 2904 8091 2903 8092 2897 8090
      2888 8109 2904 8120 2916 8100 2912 8098
      2912 8096 2916 8098 2917 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1646Z 238DEG 30KT 2901 8108 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

KELLY

1 follow-up statement

547 
WWUS52 KMLB 221712
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1212 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

FLC127-221722-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T1730Z/
VOLUSIA FL-
1212 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OFFSHORE ONTO THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2899 8086 2898 8088 2897 8089 2900 8090
      2900 8088 2901 8091 2903 8091 2904 8090
      2906 8091 2904 8091 2903 8092 2897 8090
      2888 8109 2904 8120 2916 8100 2912 8098
      2912 8096 2916 8098 2917 8098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 238DEG 30KT 2913 8087 

$$

KELLY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 22, 4:26 AM EST	Gale Warning	MLB		48 hr
Jan 22, 9:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	41 min
Jan 22, 9:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	46 min
Jan 22, 10:14 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		46 min
Jan 22, 10:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia	29 min
Jan 22, 10:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	62 min
Jan 22, 10:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Flagler	58 min
Jan 22, 10:50 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		55 min
Jan 22, 10:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie	55 min
Jan 22, 11:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	88 min
Jan 22, 11:10 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		95 min
Jan 22, 11:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange, Seminole	41 min
Jan 22, 11:44 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MLB		91 min
Jan 22, 12:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	55 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.