Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2017

Tornado Warning 67, NWS Melbourne, FL

September 10, 2017Brevard County, Orange County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 10, 2017, 10:21 PM EDT for Brevard County, Orange County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2017, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Brevard County, FL, Orange County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 10, 12:02 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC13 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

025 
WFUS52 KMLB 110221
TORMLB
FLC009-095-110245-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0067.170911T0221Z-170911T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
1021 PM EDT SUN SEP 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Brevard County in Florida...
  East central Orange County in east central Florida...

* Until 1045 PM EDT
    
* At 1020 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Cape Canaveral, moving northwest at 90
  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...
  Titusville, Rockledge, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Kennedy Space Center 
  and Cape Canaveral. 

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 2839 8056 2829 8057 2846 8108 2861 8105
      2862 8097 2879 8097 2881 8085 2879 8084
      2879 8079 2880 8079 2880 8074 2879 8075
      2879 8073 2880 8073 2880 8069 2860 8054
      2846 8049
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 132DEG 77KT 2842 8064 

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

$$

JCG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Indian River, Orange, Osceola51 min
Sep 10, 8:40 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard35 min
Sep 10, 8:51 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake, Seminole, Volusia24 min
Sep 10, 9:01 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard14 min
Sep 10, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBBrevard, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia54 min
Sep 10, 9:19 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia26 min
Sep 10, 9:34 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBLake, Volusia26 min
Sep 10, 9:45 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard15 min
Sep 10, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMLBBrevard, Orange, Seminole, Volusia107 min
Sep 10, 10:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMLBBrevard53 days
Sep 10, 10:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMLBLake, Volusia60 days
Sep 10, 10:35 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia25 min
Sep 10, 10:51 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard, Volusia9 min
Sep 10, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake33 min
Sep 11, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake, Orange, Osceola89 min
Sep 11, 1:33 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake, Orange87 min
Sep 11, 3:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBLake90 min
Sep 11, 5:34 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia10 hr
Sep 11, 11:21 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia7 hr
Sep 11, 11:29 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementMLBVolusia17 hr
Sep 11, 3:59 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB18 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2017Every tornado warning in 2017Tornadoes in 2017

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.