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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 12:54 PM EST for Indian River County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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 24, 2016, 12:54 PM EST (17:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:08 PM EST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Indian River County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
553
WFUS52 KMLB 241754
TORMLB
FLC061-241830-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0005.160224T1754Z-160224T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1254 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 130 PM EST
* AT 1254 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER VERO BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD.
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 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS: WABASSO 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 2763 8036 2762 8036 2766 8037 2760 8037
2758 8043 2764 8050 2774 8042 2772 8041
2773 8040 2766 8038 2767 8038 2768 8037
2770 8039 2772 8039 2774 8041 2777 8040
2761 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 238DEG 28KT 2765 8041
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ULRICH1 follow-up statement
005
WWUS52 KMLB 241808
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
108 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
FLC061-241817-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160224T1830Z/
INDIAN RIVER FL-
108 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OFFSHORE VERO BEACH
AND INTO THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC. THEREFORE THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF STRONG WIND
GUSTS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO
MOVE OFFSHORE.
LAT...LON 2763 8036 2762 8036 2766 8037 2760 8037
2758 8043 2764 8050 2774 8042 2772 8041
2773 8040 2766 8038 2767 8038 2768 8037
2770 8039 2772 8039 2774 8041 2777 8040
2761 8034
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 238DEG 28KT 2771 8031
$$
ULRICHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:15 AM EST | Gale Warning | MLB | 31 hr | |
| Feb 24, 9:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Orange | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 12:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 12:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 61 min | |
| Feb 24, 12:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 1:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 2:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 118 min | |
| Feb 24, 2:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River | 10 min |
| Feb 24, 2:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 52 min | |
| Feb 24, 3:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 55 min |
| Feb 24, 3:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 93 min |
| Feb 24, 4:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 60 min | |
| Feb 24, 5:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 59 min |
| Feb 24, 5:55 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.