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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2016, 3:47 AM EST for Brevard County, Orange County, Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 43 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
- Feb 16, 2016, 3:47 AM EST (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 4:30 AM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 394 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
417
WFUS52 KMLB 160847
TORMLB
FLC009-095-097-160930-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0003.160216T0847Z-160216T0930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
347 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
WEST CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 430 AM EST
* AT 347 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARMONY...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF HOLOPAW...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP AROUND 430 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CANAVERAL ACRES.
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 2815 8111 2834 8120 2848 8077 2847 8076
2845 8076 2840 8074 2840 8075 2828 8069
2821 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 247DEG 19KT 2824 8110
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WEITLICH1 follow-up statement
276
WWUS52 KMLB 160917
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
417 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
FLC009-095-097-160930-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160216T0930Z/
ORANGE FL-OSCEOLA FL-BREVARD FL-
417 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE...NORTHEASTERN OSCEOLA AND WEST CENTRAL BREVARD
COUNTIES...
AT 416 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LONE CABBAGE FISH CAMP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKLEDGE...COCOA AND CANAVERAL GROVES AROUND 430 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
CANAVERAL ACRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2822 8099 2838 8108 2848 8077 2847 8076
2845 8076 2840 8074 2840 8075 2828 8069
2821 8066
TIME...MOT...LOC 0916Z 245DEG 28KT 2835 8090
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
WEITLICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:21 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min | |
| Feb 16, 2:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 3:22 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 113 min | |
| Feb 16, 3:36 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole | 114 min |
| Feb 16, 4:05 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 85 min |
| Feb 16, 4:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 4:37 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 5 hr | |
| Feb 16, 4:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 65 min |
| Feb 16, 4:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 109 min | |
| Feb 16, 5:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 min | |
| Feb 16, 5:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 58 min |
| Feb 16, 6:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 29 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.