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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2016, 9:10 PM EDT for Osceola County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
- Mar 24, 2016, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Osceola County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 612 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted.
524
WFUS52 KMLB 250110
TORMLB
FLC097-250145-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0006.160325T0110Z-160325T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
910 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 905 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER POINCIANA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST LAKE TOHO...
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...
WEST LAKE TOHO AROUND 930 PM EDT.
SAINT CLOUD AROUND 940 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALLIGATOR LAKE.
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 2820 8152 2835 8135 2817 8113 2808 8138
2809 8145 2814 8146 2814 8152 2818 8153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 238DEG 19KT 2813 8148
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SK2 follow-up statements
791
WWUS52 KMLB 250130
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
930 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016
FLC097-250145-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160325T0145Z/
OSCEOLA FL-
930 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
OSCEOLA COUNTY...
AT 929 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST LAKE TOHO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SAINT CLOUD AROUND 940 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ALLIGATOR LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2808 8138 2820 8147 2832 8132 2817 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 241DEG 17KT 2817 8137
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SK873
WWUS52 KMLB 250144
SVSMLB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
944 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016
FLC097-250153-
/O.EXP.KMLB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160325T0145Z/
OSCEOLA FL-
944 PM EDT THU MAR 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 945 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2808 8138 2820 8147 2832 8132 2817 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 238DEG 19KT 2817 8137
$$
SKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake | 39 min |
| Mar 24, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Lake | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 48 min |
| Mar 24, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Seminole | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 97 min | |
| Mar 24, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Osceola | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Lake, Orange | 64 min |
| Mar 25, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Volusia | 42 min |
| Mar 25, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 51 min | |
| Mar 25, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Seminole | 93 min |
| Mar 25, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Orange, Osceola | 63 min |
| Mar 25, 3:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 84 min | |
| Mar 25, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 119 min | |
| Mar 25, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Brevard, Osceola | 55 min |
| Mar 25, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 32 min |
| Mar 25, 3:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MLB | Martin | 2 hr |
| Mar 25, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 46 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.