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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 16, 2016Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2016, 4:22 AM EST for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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: Feb 16, 2016, 4:22 AM EST (09:22 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2016, 5:00 AM EST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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
Feb 16, 4:59 AM EST	TSTM WND GST 52	5 N Cape Canaveral, FL	GUST TO 52 MPH FROM THE WEST AT USAF TOWER KSC403

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
Feb 16, 2:19 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 18 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

237 
WFUS52 KMLB 160922
TORMLB
FLC009-161000-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0004.160216T0922Z-160216T1000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
422 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 AM EST
    
* AT 421 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 AND COCOA AROUND 430 AM EST. 
  MERRITT ISLAND AND SHARPES AROUND 440 AM EST. 
  CAPE CANAVERAL AROUND 450 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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2841 8059 2835 8061 2834 8062 2841 8064
      2843 8060 2857 8060 2834 8066 2834 8070
      2840 8073 2833 8072 2830 8086 2846 8090
      2852 8078 2841 8072 2855 8073 2861 8060
      2846 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 245DEG 28KT 2837 8086 

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

$$

WEITLICH

1 follow-up statement

609 
WWUS52 KMLB 161001
SVSMLB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
501 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

FLC009-161010-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160216T1000Z/
BREVARD FL-
501 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2841 8059 2835 8061 2834 8062 2841 8064
      2843 8060 2857 8060 2834 8066 2834 8070
      2840 8073 2833 8072 2830 8086 2846 8090
      2852 8078 2841 8072 2855 8073 2861 8060
      2846 8052
TIME...MOT...LOC 0959Z 245DEG 28KT 2837 8086 

$$

WEITLICH

The 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, 3:47 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Orange, Osceola	43 min
Feb 16, 4:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie	85 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.