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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 22, 20174 counties in Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 22, 2017, 8:29 PM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 61 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
Jan 22, 2017, 8:29 PM EST (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 2017, 9:30 PM EST
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 22, 9:00 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 543 W Merritt Island Wild, FLUSAF WIND TOWER 714 MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 54 MPH/48 KT FROM THE SW.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 22, 4:35 PM ESTTornado Watch PDSSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 00:00Z on 2017-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 838 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 00:00Z on 2017-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 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
838 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1078 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

As transmitted.

885 
WUUS52 KMLB 230129
SVRMLB
FLC009-095-117-127-230230-
/O.NEW.KMLB.SV.W.0007.170123T0129Z-170123T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
829 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Orange County in east central Florida...
  Eastern Seminole County in east central Florida...
  Northern Brevard County in Florida...
  Southeastern Volusia County in east central Florida...

* Until 930 PM EST

* At 828 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located near Port
  Orange, Wedgefield, and Mims, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Daytona Beach, Port Orange, Titusville, Oviedo and New Smyrna
  Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted, act quickly and move to a
place of safety inside a sturdy structure such as a basement or small
interior room.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for east central
Florida.

LAT...LON 2909 8090 2860 8054 2844 8051 2839 8056
      2835 8057 2835 8120 2913 8110 2922 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 239DEG 49KT 2911 8096 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

dws
1 follow-up statement
686 
WWUS52 KMLB 230155
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
855 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

FLC117-127-230202-
/O.CAN.KMLB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170123T0230Z/
Seminole FL-Volusia FL-
855 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SEMINOLE AND
SOUTHEASTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorms which prompted the warning across Volusia
and Seminole Counties has weakened and moved offshore. 

Therefore, the warning has been cancelled there.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for east central
Florida.

LAT...LON 2839 8056 2835 8057 2835 8120 2845 8116
      2858 8097 2880 8072 2862 8056 2860 8054
      2857 8053 2844 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 239DEG 49KT 2928 8063 

$$

FLC009-095-230230-
/O.CON.KMLB.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170123T0230Z/
Orange FL-Brevard FL-
855 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES...

At 852 PM EST, strong to severe thunderstorms were located over
north Brevard County near Titusville, moving northeast at 55 mph. 

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Titusville, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral and Wedgefield. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted act quickly and move to a place
of safety inside a sturdy structure, such as a basement or small
interior room.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for east central
Florida.

LAT...LON 2839 8056 2835 8057 2835 8120 2845 8116
      2858 8097 2880 8072 2862 8056 2860 8054
      2857 8053 2844 8051
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 239DEG 49KT 2928 8063 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

dws

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 7:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole60 min
Jan 22, 7:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB63 min
Jan 22, 7:19 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBOrange, Seminole, Volusia41 min
Jan 22, 7:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Volusia64 min
Jan 22, 7:29 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBVolusia31 min
Jan 22, 7:51 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia39 min
Jan 22, 7:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia37 min
Jan 22, 8:15 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Jan 22, 8:36 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBOrange54 min
Jan 22, 8:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Osceola46 min
Jan 22, 9:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola50 min
Jan 22, 9:28 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard32 min
Jan 22, 9:58 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMLBBrevard, Osceola47 min
Jan 22, 9:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River, Osceola91 min
Jan 22, 10:07 PM ESTTornado WarningMLBBrevard23 min
Jan 22, 10:14 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB3 hr
Jan 23, 12:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBIndian River, Saint Lucie24 min
Jan 23, 12:40 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMLBMartin35 min
Jan 23, 1:14 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMLB2 hr
Jan 23, 3:15 AM ESTWind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.