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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Melbourne, FL

May 27, 2020Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2020, 1:52 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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: May 27, 2020, 1:52 PM EDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2020, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 1555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

728 
WFUS52 KMLB 271752
TORMLB
FLC009-271815-
/O.NEW.KMLB.TO.W.0012.200527T1752Z-200527T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
152 PM EDT Wed May 27 2020

The National Weather Service in Melbourne has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Brevard County in east central Florida...

* Until 215 PM EDT.
    
* At 151 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Haulover Canal, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Klondike Beach around 200 PM EDT.

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 2868 8083 2877 8082 2880 8069 2870 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 241DEG 23KT 2874 8077 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Sedlock

1 follow-up statement

630 
WWUS52 KMLB 271806
SVSMLB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
206 PM EDT Wed May 27 2020

FLC009-271815-
/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-200527T1815Z/
Brevard FL-
206 PM EDT Wed May 27 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY...
    
At 206 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Haulover Canal, moving northeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Brevard County.

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 2869 8074 2878 8077 2880 8069 2870 8062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 235DEG 19KT 2878 8072 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

Sedlock

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:36 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		84 min
May 27, 10:48 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		3 hr
May 27, 11:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	46 min
May 27, 11:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Orange	49 min
May 27, 12:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	15 min
May 27, 12:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Seminole	47 min
May 27, 12:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Lake	45 min
May 27, 12:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		3 hr
May 27, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	64 min
May 27, 12:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	36 min
May 27, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	48 min
May 27, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	44 min
May 27, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard	57 min
May 27, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		113 min
May 27, 1:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	51 min
May 27, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Brevard, Indian River	58 min
May 27, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Okeechobee	52 min
May 27, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		3 hr
May 27, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie	62 min
May 27, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	38 min
May 27, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Saint Lucie	22 min
May 27, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	24 min
May 27, 4:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Martin, Saint Lucie	59 min
May 27, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MLB		54 min
May 27, 5:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Volusia	55 min
May 27, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Volusia	45 min
May 27, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MLB	Osceola	45 min
May 27, 7:10 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MLB	Lake, Orange	35 min

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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.