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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 17, 2016Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT for Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
May 17, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2016, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Indian River County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2016-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1551 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

929 
WFUS52 KMLB 171859
TORMLB
FLC061-111-171930-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0008.160517T1859Z-160517T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
259 PM EDT TUE MAY 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ST. LUCIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
    
* AT 258 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER LAKEWOOD PARK...OR OVER INDRIO...MOVING EAST AT 5
  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...
  FORT PIERCE...FORT PIERCE INLET AND QUEENS COVE AROUND 330 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FLORALTON 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
MELBOURNE.

&&

LAT...LON 2746 8030 2762 8040 2766 8033 2748 8025
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 288DEG 6KT 2752 8039 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

CRISTALDI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 12:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange55 min
May 17, 1:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard54 min
May 17, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB62 min
May 17, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River42 min
May 17, 2:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBBrevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie2 hr
May 17, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB56 min
May 17, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River39 min
May 17, 2:41 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBIndian River34 min
May 17, 2:43 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMLBIndian River92 min
May 17, 3:02 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBSaint Lucie28 min
May 17, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOkeechobee50 min
May 17, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin, Saint Lucie64 min
May 17, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB87 min
May 17, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB93 min
May 17, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBMartin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie25 min
May 17, 3:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMLBSaint Lucie118 min
May 17, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola54 min
May 17, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie59 min
May 17, 4:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMLBIndian River3 hr
May 17, 4:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia57 min
May 17, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake51 min
May 17, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB94 min
May 17, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOsceola39 min
May 17, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange39 min
May 17, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBFlagler45 min
May 17, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB90 min
May 17, 5:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia95 min
May 17, 5:44 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMLBSaint Lucie2 hr
May 17, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia43 min
May 17, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSaint Lucie58 min
May 17, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia50 min
May 17, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB63 min
May 17, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake60 min
May 17, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB84 min
May 17, 7:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBIndian River4 hr
May 17, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange63 min
May 17, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia54 min
May 17, 7:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMLBSaint Lucie4 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.