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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2017, 4:42 PM EDT for Brevard County, Seminole County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 10, 2017, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2017, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Brevard County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
542
WFUS52 KMLB 102042
TORMLB
FLC009-117-102115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0047.170910T2042Z-170910T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
442 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Seminole County in east central Florida...
Northwestern Brevard County in Florida...
* Until 515 PM EDT
* At 441 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Mims, moving west at 50 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Sanford, Titusville, Altamonte Springs, Oviedo and Winter Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to 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 2883 8131 2882 8122 2878 8118 2880 8113
2878 8105 2875 8106 2869 8102 2868 8102
2862 8099 2863 8097 2876 8097 2873 8081
2857 8087 2858 8094 2862 8098 2861 8117
2864 8138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 110DEG 44KT 2868 8094
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 9:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 9:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 16 min |
| Sep 10, 1:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 111 min |
| Sep 10, 3:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 111 min |
| Sep 10, 3:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 16 min |
| Sep 10, 5:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 5:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 22 min |
| Sep 10, 8:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 42 min | |
| Sep 10, 8:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 55 min | |
| Sep 10, 9:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 9:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Indian River | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 10:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 11:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 11:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 11:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 24 min |
| Sep 10, 11:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 35 min |
| Sep 10, 11:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 27 min |
| Sep 10, 11:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 12:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Okeechobee, Osceola, Saint Lucie | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 12:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 12:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 34 min |
| Sep 10, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 20 min |
| Sep 10, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 38 min |
| Sep 10, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 51 min |
| Sep 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 3:16 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Osceola | 12 days |
| Sep 10, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 23 min |
| Sep 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Saint Lucie | 109 min |
| Sep 10, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 66 min |
| Sep 10, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Saint Lucie | 47 min |
| Sep 10, 4:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MLB | Seminole | 38 hr |
| Sep 10, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 22 min |
| Sep 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Seminole, Volusia | 16 min |
| Sep 10, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River | 31 min |
| Sep 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 35 min |
| Sep 10, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Seminole, Volusia | 63 min |
| Sep 10, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River, Saint Lucie | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole, Volusia | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 5:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 53 min |
| Sep 10, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake, Seminole, Volusia | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 36 min |
| Sep 10, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 35 min |
| Sep 10, 7:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Osceola | 2 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.