Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 71, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2017, 8:51 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 11 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
- Oct 1, 2017, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2017, 9:02 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Brevard County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 974 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
053
WFUS52 KMLB 020051
TORMLB
FLC009-020115-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0071.171002T0051Z-171002T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
851 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 2017
The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Brevard County in Florida...
* Until 915 PM EDT
* At 850 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Cocoa Beach, moving northwest at 20 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...
Rockledge around 910 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Georgiana.
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 2824 8058 2830 8077 2840 8073 2831 8057
2826 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 113DEG 17KT 2828 8062
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Weitlich1 follow-up statement
529
WWUS52 KMLB 020102
SVSMLB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
902 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 2017
FLC009-020111-
/O.CAN.KMLB.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-171002T0115Z/
Brevard FL-
902 PM EDT SUN OCT 1 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 2824 8058 2830 8077 2840 8073 2831 8057
2826 8057
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 113DEG 17KT 2830 8068
$$
WeitlichThe office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard | 3 hr |
| Oct 1, 11:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Brevard | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:37 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 4 days |
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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.