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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Melbourne, FL

February 24, 2016Indian River County, Florida

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 245 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

ULRICH
1 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 

$$

ULRICH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 2:35 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia15 hr
Feb 24, 3:15 AM ESTGale WarningMLB31 hr
Feb 24, 9:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange63 min
Feb 24, 12:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River51 min
Feb 24, 12:29 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB61 min
Feb 24, 12:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie23 min
Feb 24, 1:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia55 min
Feb 24, 2:02 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB118 min
Feb 24, 2:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River10 min
Feb 24, 2:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB52 min
Feb 24, 3:35 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin55 min
Feb 24, 3:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie93 min
Feb 24, 4:15 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB60 min
Feb 24, 5:16 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin59 min
Feb 24, 5:55 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB40 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.