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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 10, 2017Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2017, 5:31 PM EDT for Indian River County, Saint Lucie County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 10, 2017, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 29 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

594 
WFUS52 KMLB 102131
TORMLB
FLC061-111-102200-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0052.170910T2131Z-170910T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
531 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2017

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 600 PM EDT
    
* At 531 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Fort Pierce Inlet, moving northwest at 75 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...
  Vero Beach South and Pointe West around 540 PM EDT. 

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Grovenor Estates.

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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2739 8025 2744 8034 2743 8034 2745 8035
      2757 8060 2774 8043 2758 8029 2742 8023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 130DEG 66KT 2748 8029 

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

$$

Bragaw

The 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, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MLB	Brevard, Seminole	33 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, 5:43 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.